e-3519 (Taxation)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The current income tax system for seniors gives couples numerous ways to lower taxes, while singles get none;
- Senior couples can split their pension income thereby allowing them to pay less tax and qualify for the Age Credit plus Old Age Security (OAS) with limited or no clawbacks;
- Senior singles have no such benefits, pay higher taxes, often forfeit the Age Credit, and endure OAS clawbacks;
- When one partner dies within a couple, his/her RRSP/RRIF and TFSA can be rolled into the RRSP/RRIF and TFSA of the remaining partner;
- A single person’s RRSP/RRIF is cashed upon death and declared as income, which results in higher taxes, often 50%;
- The cost of living for a single person is two-thirds of the cost of living for a couple;
- Single person households are growing faster than any other type of household in Canada, according to Statistics Canada; and
- Of the six million seniors in Canada, over one-third are single seniors, many of them women and this demographic will continue to grow.
- Open for signature
- June 28, 2021, at 11:32 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 27, 2021, at 11:32 a.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 45 |
British Columbia | 83 |
Manitoba | 11 |
New Brunswick | 6 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 |
Northwest Territories | 2 |
Nova Scotia | 13 |
Ontario | 475 |
Prince Edward Island | 1 |
Quebec | 31 |
Saskatchewan | 10 |
Yukon | 3 |