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$400 Million in Back Pensions |
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By Rex Wockner International News Report
When the nation extended pension benefits to surviving gay partners last year, officials declared that only gays whose partners died after January 1, 1998, would be eligible. The lawsuits, one covering all areas but British Columbia, which has somewhat different laws, and one covering B.C., claim the retroactive date should be April 17, 1985, the day equality guarantees were enshrined in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Lead plaintiff George Hislop told reporters: "It seems the government wants to give itself immunity for past discrimination. Our government has effectively confiscated our pensions." |
Canada may be trying to pull a fast one on gay couples and
they have responded with a pair of class-action lawsuits
seeking $400 million in back pensions.
