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Video: BNN Bloomberg interview - “Is Canada's old age security program optimal for todays seniors?”
Video: Canadians support giving less taxpayer cash to relatively well-off retirees
Graphics: OAS benefits are far more generous than benefits for young families
- English OAS vs CCB landscape graphic
- English OAS vs CCB portrait graphic
- English OAS vs CCB square graphic
- French OAS vs CCB landscape graphic
- French OAS vs CCB square graphic
Graphic: Top and bottom income thresholds for OAS
Video clip: From CBC news interview with Gen Squeeze Founder Paul Kershaw explaining the size and growth of retirement income benefits in the federal budget
Graphics: OAS is already the largest and fastest growing part of the federal budget.
Animation and graphics: Statistics Canada data confirming retirees have the lowest rates of poverty and the highest levels of wealth compared to other age groups.
- Animation: Stats Can wealth and income data by age
- Graphic: Stats Can wealth by age
- Graphic: Stats Can poverty by age
Audio clip: Canadian Association of Retired Persons President Rudy Buttignol affirming the need for “debate” about OAS thresholds and “when a seniors’ income is considered sufficient.”
Video: “Caviar and cat food” video about how recently proposed OAS benefit increases would benefit relatively well-off seniors while their kids and grandkids are struggling:
