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Old Age Assistance Act, 1951

$50/month for age 65-69
means test
Government to recover cost of pension from estates of pensioners

John Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative member of Parliament speaking in the House of Commons during debate on pension legislation, Ottawa, Ontario, 1947, Photoprapher: Louis Jaques, National Archives Neg. no. PA130735.





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