Outline
Protest message claims that refugees in Canada receive a substantially higher monthly pension payment from the Canadian government than that received by Canadian old age pensioners.
Brief Analysis
The claims in the message are untrue. In fact, refugees who come to Canada do not receive more financial assistance from the federal government than Canadian pensioners. The payment figures quoted in the message are not accurate. The rumour began circulating in 2004 after an inaccurate and misleading letter to the editor was published in a Canadian newspaper.
Example
Subject: Fw: THIS IS DISGRACEFUL!
Canada Pensions… Only in Canada * In Canada , instead of applying for Old Age Pension, you should rather apply for the Status of Refugee.
* It IS interesting to know that the federal Government of Canada allows :
A monthly pension of : $1,890.00 to a simple refugee
plus : 580.00 in social aid
==========
A grand total of : $2,470.00 monthly
X 12 months
========== $28,920.00 annual income
* By comparison, the Old Age Pension of a senior citizen who has contributed to the development of Our Beautiful Big Country during 40 or 50 years, CANNOT receive more than :
Amount/month $1,012.00 in Old Age Pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement
X 12 months
============
$12,144.00 annual income
A difference of : $16,776.00 per year
* Perhaps our senior citizens should ask for the Status of Refugees instead of applying for Old Age Pension.
* Let us send this message to as many Canadians as possible, and maybe the allowance of refugee could then be reduced to $1,012.00, and that of our Canadian pensioners raised to $2,470.00 per month. (who actually deserve it) the money that they have been paying in income taxes for 40 or 50 years,
AN INCREDIBLE NONSENSE !!!
OUR CANADIAN SENIORS CITIZENS, DESERVE BETTER
Please circulate this text to see the reaction of your contacts !
Original Source : https://www.hoax-slayer.com/canadian-pension-refugees.shtml