Canada at War: Pensioner's Pain

In Toronto, the Veterans Association National Council proclaimed that the words "pensioners" and "pensions" must be stricken from the Canada Pension Act because they carry with them "the connotation of a hireling . . . one who is in receipt of an income as an act of grace." One of the Council's member organizations: the Canadian Pensioners Association.

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