Canada Pension Plan
Includes benefits available under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), including retirement benefits, survivor benefits, and disability benefits.
Some indicators of legal issues
What the clients may say:
- "I have epilepsy and can’t work any more. My application for disability benefits under the Canada Pension Plan was refused."
- "I’m younger than 60 and took early retirement, but I have since become disabled."
Legal Services and Information
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Community Legal Services of Ottawa | Provides free legal services for low income residents of Ottawa: housing law (tenants or co-op members only - not landlords), like evictions and repairs immigration… |
| Advocacy Centre for the Elderly | Community legal clinic representation in cases involving issues of particular importance to seniors, such as long term care, hospital discharge issues, elder abuse, government pensions,… |
| Income Security Advocacy Centre | Community legal clinic pursues test cases, Charter and appellate litigation to address systemic issues arising from federal and provincial income security programs, and from the… |