Make your support for OAS reform visible today

You've already raised your voice in support of responsible, modern, and fair reforms to OAS. The next step is to make sure Ottawa knows you stand behind this change.

Strong movements don’t stay quiet — they are visible.

You can make your support for updating OAS visible by sharing a sentence or two about why it matters to you, along with a photo.

Together, we can put real faces and voices behind the polling and petition numbers — making it clear that seniors are stepping forward and speaking up for change.

We’ll use your words and photo in our outreach — online and in person — to show that this support is real. Including a photo helps ensure your voice is seen as genuine and personal, something that matters today more than ever.

It's a small step, but one that reminds political leaders Canadians are ready and waiting for them to deliver the changes we want.

Not sure what to say? Check out the "Writing Tips" tab for some ideas on where to start, and then put them in your own words.

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Tell us why OAS reform matters to you — in your own words

Thanks for taking the next step in supporting OAS reform by sharing a quote and a photo. If you're wondering where to start, consider writing about:

Why improving OAS matters to you
What feels unfair about the current system
Why it’s important to better support seniors in need
How this change could help younger generations

You can start with phrases like “I believe…”, “As a retiree…”, or “It doesn’t make sense that…”

Even one sentence is enough. The strongest quotes are simple — no need to get it perfect. Your voice will make a difference!

Here are a few ideas that could help you get started!

Personal leadership

As a retiree, I’m comfortable receiving a bit less from OAS if it helps ensure other seniors aren’t left behind.

I am willing to take less from OAS to invest more in the things that matter for my kids and grandchildren, like affordable homes, child care, and education.

Generational solidarity

It’s time to reduce OAS subsidies for financially secure retirees, so we can eliminate seniors’ poverty and make life more affordable for young and working people.

By reforming OAS, we can strengthen support for seniors who need it, while also helping younger Canadians who are struggling with the cost of living.

It doesn’t make sense that families with kids lose support at much lower incomes than retirees, especially when seniors are less likely to be in poverty and generally better off financially.

Using public dollars wisely

It doesn’t make sense to send $18,000 a year to retired couples with six-figure incomes when others can’t afford the basics.

We should spend public dollars in ways that help the most. That means making sure cash subsidies like OAS reach those who need them — not those with six-figure incomes.

Old Age Security should be based on need, not age. That’s how we make better use of public dollars and improve affordability for Canadians of all ages.

Win-Win

We can lift all seniors out of poverty and make life more affordable for our kids and grandkids by making OAS responsible, modern, and fair. It’s a win-win.

You’re not alone

Most Canadians — including most seniors — support updating OAS. I’m one of them. It’s time for Ottawa to deliver the change we’re asking for.

Generational change

Responsible changes to OAS will unlock the biggest improvement to affordability in a generation. I’m proud to stand with others in calling on Ottawa to deliver this legacy.

What People Are Saying

“As a member of the luckiest generation, I’m happy to take a bit less OAS in return for helping relieve the burden on generations to come,”

John Morriss

Winnipeg, MB

“Cut the threshold income level for OAS eligibility to $75000. and lower”

Tom Brennan

“As a retired person I welcome a plan to make sure resources are shared amongst all Canadians. OAS should be a top up for the wealthy who really don’t need it.”

Lynn Thorwaldson

“It is time to lower the threshold for OAS in order to be able to increase support to those who need it of all ages.”

Ellen Carter

Lethbridge, AB

“This OAS change has been talked about for far too long. Todays disrupted world allows the Federal governments to get it done without fearing the wrath of voting seniors. Get it done!”

Jack McKeown

Guelph, ON

“Seniors deserve to live above the poverty line and not be forced to work to.make ends meet!”

Lidia Moodie

Victoria, BC

“If as a senior you have an annual income over $100,000, it seems unnecessary, and quite self absorbed, to tap funds that could be used for helping youth gain skills to productively enter their adult lives, or families who are trying to raise children in these economically uncertain times. $100,000 is more than many working couples earn on two incomes, and they have to deal with high costs while raising young children, struggling to find homes in which to do that vital job. Seniors are also struggling, but not those who have over $100,000 a year.”

Marcella Edwards

Nelson, BC

“I think it’s important to spend as equally as possible on your constituents. Policies that unfairly boost those who already have sizeable wealth must be changed to help those who will have a harder time surviving inflationary pressures. I give my support to to encourage and boost you to make these changes.”

Wai Van Wong

Vancouver, BC

““OAS was designed as a safety net for seniors. But many recipients don’t need a financial safety net: for them OAS is a gravy train that costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Meanwhile, other seniors live in poverty and many young people live paycheque to paycheque. I ask that OAS be better directed, be dispensed to the seniors who need it and eliminated or reduced for those who do not need it. I myself fall in the latter group.””

Elaine Ramsay

St Albert, AB

“As a retiree, I am willing to take less from OAS to invest more in the things that matter for my kids and grandchildren, like affordable homes, child care, and education. Please decrease the income threshold at which OAS subsidies begin to be reduced from $185,000 to $100,000!”

Dr. Ruth Collins-nakai

Edmonton, AB

“I figure that in this Senior part of life, it is my responsibility to help the next generations as well as those in my gen with less fortunate circumstances. I can survive on the pensions I collect, even though they are well below $100,000/year. If the OAS threshold drops to $100,000 and federal government OAS ‘savings’ could be targeted towards bettering the lives of seniors with lower incomes than me and/or help the future generations, I am all for it.”

Jennie Boulanger

“Yes, we need OAS Reform.”

Helen Sadowski

Edmonton, AB

“Some need less, and for some households, OAS should be increased, and for some, a marginal decrease would bot be a burden; I Did say marginal. Some families’ stability may not be anchored at a certain level, even at $100,000/annum, such as those with medical issues.
It is noteworthy too, that some commenters note helping younger people and those younger families. The cost of family dwellings has gone to the level where it is Not Fair to young Canadians.”

Eric Warr

Robert's Arm, NL

“Hard working young families should not suffer so wealthy retirees live in luxury.”

Neil Maceachern

Gibsons, BC

“I am 80+ years old, and our joint household income is over $100,000 (lucky us!). I would be VERY happy to share half of my present $816.54 OAS with seniors at the lower end of the income scale and with juniors overall. Seniors, we need to support the youngers — they underpin our economy AND our pensions more and more and more!!”

Catherine Sue Kershaw

Canoe, BC

“It is obviously bad policy to provide a government income supplement to well-off people earning over $100,000 per year. OAS needs to be paid to seniors who are struggling, and who have neither the income nor the investments to get by. This would help those in genuine need, and would also provide much-needed savings to the federal government.”

Robert Kee

Toronto, ON

“By reforming OAS, we can strengthen support for seniors, while also helping younger Canadians while are struggling with the cost of living.”

Donna Borland

Winnipeg, MB

“My children and grandchildren need this change to happen. I know the Liberals are led by a fiscally responsible Prime Minister who I hope will chose to act on this reform ASAP”

Dave Barker

Whitby, ON

“Reduce the OAS threshold.”

Chuck Jolliffe

Schomberg, ON

“““I agree that the threshold for clawing back the OAS be reduced – and reduced substantially. There are many and various steps that can be taken with the result that the money saved can be used effectively not only to support those seniors who are living below the poverty line, but also to support efforts to affect long-term care, educational opportunities, research, universities, and development in the area of housing.””

Paul Owen

Niagara Falls, ON

“Young families are trying to live on much less than 100K per year so for seniors with incomes up to 185K to receive OAS is ludicrous and should be amended. They do not need that money and it could be put to improve, healthcare and education.”

Gerry Dempsey

Port Alberni, BC

“I am appalled at the lack of supports for young people who want to have a home to raise a family in. It is long past the time to reform OAS.”

Lori Barclay

Calgary, AB

“Governments need be cognisant of an overall economic means test when designing benefits. In the area of OAS an overall individual wealth category or level should be mutually possible to discern for each applicant and to equate this with an agreed level of pension income. In other words, how much does each person require based upon their overall wealth, circumstance and liquid assets. We need move away from a practice of concealing wealth towards a practice of declaring wealth if applying for benefits.”

William F. Whiteside

Trois-Rivières, QC

“Reduce the income threshold for OAS”

Ross Carnahan

“OAS was created to deal with inadequate incomes of senior Canadians. It is not a pension paid out of contributions from the recipient and the employer; it is a welfare measure paid out of general revenue. As it is currently structured, a Canadian couple with retirement income double the average working family income would still receive some OAS. The correct response to any poverty among seniors is to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement and disability pensions. The clawback provision for OAS should be based on couple income in the case of couples who take advantage of the Income Tax Act provisions for splitting retirement income. The clawback should operate to recover far more of the OAS from well-off seniors.
I am 76. I do not receive OAS and never applied for it. I am an expert in all areas of financial planning and my papers on retirement planning are cited in academic research around the world. Or let me refer to Fred Vettese and Bill Morneau, The Real Retirement, published in 2013 and subsequently updated. It shows that Canadian seniors are among the best off of those in any country in financial terms, on average. We should spend more of our tax dollars to support young families so that young people can afford to have children and provide the support we will need in our old age.
Chris Robinson Phd CFP CPA,CA
Professor Emeritus of Finance and Senior Scholar
York University
Fellow of FP Canada”

Christopher Robinson

Scarborough, ON