Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act, 9th Edition 2010

Description:

• 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.

• many significant Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court, and Pension Appeals Tribunal decisions over the last year
• clarification of procedure on how to institute an appeal
• amendment to provide that a person affected by a decision of the Minister may intervene as a "party"
• how the court may dispose of an appeal when all parties have consented in writing to a judgment
• amendment to remove the requirement that the Registrar appoint the court reporter