Albertan seniors would keep receiving Old Age Security after independence.
Claimed by: Reassurance offered in separation debates
Unverifiable: Not enough reliable public information to reach a verdict. How we rate.
Summary
Old Age Security is a federal pension paid by the Government of Canada to people who meet its citizenship or residence requirements in Canada. Whether the seniors of a now-foreign Alberta would keep that benefit, lose it, or receive something through a transitional arrangement would depend on citizenship status and on separation negotiations that have not taken place. No authority has established what the outcome would be, and there is no precedent that settles it, so the claim that seniors would simply keep receiving Old Age Security cannot be verified in either direction. What can be stated is only what the program is today and who qualifies for it.
Evidence
Old Age Security eligibility rests on Canadian citizenship or legal residence together with residence-history requirements, as set out by the Government of Canada.