1.0Policy Optionshttps://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="luwS0CIluT"><a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2012/05/seniors-and-the-2012-federal-budget/">Seniors and 2012 federal budget</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2012/05/seniors-and-the-2012-federal-budget/embed/#?secret=luwS0CIluT" width="600" height="338" title="“Seniors and 2012 federal budget” — Policy Options" data-secret="luwS0CIluT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Seniors-OAS-and-the-2012-federal-budget.png368555The hallmark reform of the 2012 budget is the change in the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) benefits from 65 to 67 years of age. Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicated at January’s meetings of the World Economic Forum in Davos that Canada needed to address the […]