Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act 2007, 6th Edition

• Approximately 50 new cases have been digested.
• The new edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate all the significant developments in the statutes, regulations, and court and tribunal decisions over the last 12 months.
• "Automatic renewal" provisions proclaimed into force (Bill C-30 and SOR/2005-38), which ensures that eligible former CPP disability pension recipients with have their benefits quickly restarted if their attempt to return to work is not successful.
• Important new case law on procedures before the Pension Appeals Board, including:
  • allegations of new facts
  • disclosure of Minister’s settlement offer
  • whether a claimant’s estate can continue a Charter claim: Canada (MHRD) v. Cantwell
  • abusive questions put to the Minister’s medical advisor
  • Minister’s right to cross-examine the claimant
  • seeking extension of times for appeals
  • drawing an adverse inference from the claimant’s absence
• Expansion of the CPP Disability Case Table re "closed period" applications, the definitions of "severe" and "prolonged", chronic pain and objective medical evidence, along with many new example cases.
• Explanation of the powers of the Federal Court of Appeal on an applications for judicial review from the Pension Appeals Board or Review Tribunal.
• New decisions interpreting and applying the provisions of the Old Age Security Act on such key issues as residence, definition and involuntary separation of spouses, and what is "income" for GIS purposes.

• Full text of the CPP and 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.