Liberals Make Plea for Seniors to File Taxes as Thousands at Risk of Losing Benefits

Liberals Make Plea for Seniors to File Taxes as Thousands at Risk of Losing Benefits
An elderly woman waits outside a COVID-19 assessment center in London, Ontario, on March 17, 2020. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The federal government says tens of thousands of seniors are at risk of losing benefits because they haven’t yet filed their taxes.

The Liberals are making a public plea for them to submit their returns as soon as possible so payments of the guaranteed income supplement doesn’t get suspended come Jan. 1.