Attacks on immigrants to Canada continue to proliferate online, with the latest volley coming from a false claim that immigrants aged 65 and up receive a partial old age security (OAS) pension immediately upon arrival in Canada — and that it comes from the pension of citizens. In fact, while there are some exceptions, in order to qualify for OAS the recipient must be a Canadian citizen or legal resident who lived in Canada for at least 10 years.

THE CLAIM

"Canadians will be sacrificing part of their Old Age Pensions to allow elderly immigrants to receive a partial old age pension upon arrival!" reads an Aug. 16 post to the X platform, formerly Twitter.

Multiple users reposted the claim to Facebook . On X, the post received around 9,700 likes and around half a million views, acco

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