Discrimination in same-sex survivor amendments to the Canada Pension Plan.
On 31 July 2002, the British Columbia Supreme Court granted certification of a class proceeding involving same-sex surviving spouses who were denied survivor's benefits under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) due to their sexual orientation. On 10 July 2002, a similar proceeding in Ontario survived a motion to strike by the government and is headed to trial. If successful, thousands of gay men and women whose same-sex partners died between 17 April 1985 and 1 January 1998 may finally be eligible for monthly survivor's benefits.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality*; D002170:Canada; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D010415:Pensions; D011287:Prejudice; D018454:Spouses