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Liberals set August date for $500 seniors payment

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Jul, 2021 12:49 PM

The Liberal government has set a date for its one-time payment to older seniors this summer.

Seniors Minister Deb Schulte says Canadians who are 75 as of next July will receive $500 during the week of Aug. 16 this year.

Today, I announced an automatic increase of 1.3% for Old Age Security benefits—worth almost $100 over the coming year for full pensioners and that eligible seniors born on or before June 30, 1947, will receive the $500 one-time payment in the week of August 16, 2021. pic.twitter.com/PbGYZpsWWg
— Deb Schulte MP (she/her) (@_DebSchulte) July 7, 2021

The one-shot cash injection is part of a government plan laid out in the April budget to boost old-age benefits over the long term.

Ottawa announced a 10 per cent raise in old age security for those aged 75 and older starting in July 2022, providing an estimated $766 in extra benefits to 3.3 million retirees.

The government projects the bump, which marks the first permanent increase to old age security since 1973, combined with the one-time payments will cost just over $12 billion over five years.

Old age security benefits will also automatically increase by 1.3 per cent this month, bringing the maximum pension amount to about $626 — up from around $618.

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