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Social security 2022 SST 906

KA v Minister of Employment and Social Development

Court
Social Security Tribunal of Canada

The appeal is dismissed because the appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that he had a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability by the MQP date of March 31, 2008: he produced no medical evidence from or about the relevant time and the MQP is fixed by CPP contributions which could not be extended based on his allegations of persecution.

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  • Cpp disability eligibility
  • Severe and prolonged disability
  • Minimum qualifying period
  • Medical evidence requirement
  • Tribunal jurisdiction
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Veterans benefits 2014 FC 310

Cole v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court
Federal Court

La Cour fĂ©dĂ©rale rejette la demande de contrĂŽle judiciaire visant le refus d’une pension d’invaliditĂ© pour dĂ©pression majeure, jugeant la dĂ©cision du comitĂ© raisonnable.

  • Pension act interpretation
  • Causation standard under s.21(2)(a)
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Evidence assessment by administrative tribunal
  • Entitlement to disability pension
  • Pension-act-interpretation
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Social welfare [1993] 1 SCR 1080

Finlay v. Canada (Minister of Finance)

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Manitoba’s deductions to recover social assistance overpayments did not violate CAP, and municipal rate-setting was also permitted.

  • Canada assistance plan
  • Social assistance overpayments
  • Municipal rate setting
  • Federal‑provincial cost‑sharing
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Social-assistance-overpayments
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Social welfare [1974] SCR 1261

LeBlanc v. City of Transcona

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Welfare Advisory Committee was confined to the municipal by-law schedule and could not add debt repayment to social assistance awards.

  • Appeal board powers
  • Interpretation of social allowances act s.9 and s.11
  • Municipal by-law vs provincial regulation on rates
  • Inclusion of debt repayment in social assistance calculation
  • Social-welfare
  • Administrative-law
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