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#FinancialFridays: Seniors who received the CERB and Canada Recovery Benefit may not qualify for the GIS or may face drastic reductions to their payments.

For those seniors that received the CERB and the Canada Recovery Benefit, many now will not qualify for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) or may face drastic reductions to their payments. Like employment insurance, the guaranteed income supplement (GIS) is income-tested. That means the previous year’s taxable earnings – including