The Annotated Canada
Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act is an in-depth treatment of these two
important statutes, as they have been interpreted by the case law. The authors
review the legislation, regulations and decisions of the courts, the Pension
Appeals Board and the Review Tribunal, providing exclusive insights into the
law and the different ways in which it can be applied.
The Annotated
Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act contains:
- Full text of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security
Act (OAS) statutes and regulations.
- Section-by-section annotations explain what the legislative
provisions mean and how they apply in practice, with cross-references and case
digests.
- Disability case table organizes hundreds of key Pension Appeal
Board decisions in this area.
- Introductory chapter on disability claims setting out the
procedure for hearings before the Pension Appeals Board. It analyzes the
meaning of the CPP disability scheme while addressing controversial topics such
as the "requirement" of objective evidence and the relevance of personal
factors in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal's decisions in Villani and
Rice.
Highlights of new information in the 8th Edition:
- approximately 70 new digests of decisions issued by the Supreme
Court of Canada, Federal Court, Pension Appeals Board, and Review Tribunal over
the last year;
- ground-breaking new Federal Court of Appeal decisions on issues
such as:
- capacity to apply for benefits (Danielson)
- right of Government to be heard on a motion to rescind a
final and binding decision (Jagpal)
- admissibility of new medical evidence (MacRae)
- streamlining of standard of review rules by Supreme Court of
Canada (Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick);
- the latest Pension Appeal Board decisions on CPP claims and
Review Tribunal decisions on OAS claims, as selected by the experts.
The Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security
Act is an essential publication is for anyone dealing with CPP and OAS
issues.
This is an annual publication. The 8th edition was released
January 2009. |
