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review of Canada
Pension Plan benefits
Disability Related Benefits
The Canada Pension Plan provides certain
benefits on the basis of. disability. They are:
(1) for contributors — disability pensions
and benefits for their dependent children;
(2) for survivors of deceased contributors —
disabled widowers' pensions 'and widows'
pensions.'
Disability within the meaning of the
legislation (Canada Pension Plan) has to be
determined for all applicants for disability
pensions and disabled widower's pensions
who Meet other eligibility requirements. It is
expected that most widows of deceased
contributors will be entitled to 'widow's
pensions at the full rate for reasons other
than disability. In some instances only, does ..
their entitlement depend on their own
disability or upon the disability of a
dependent child over 18 years of age who is
disabled, having been disabled without
interruption since the time he reached 18
years of age or the contributor died,
whichever occurred later.
Minimum Qualifying Periods
At the present time, the minimum
-number-of calendar -years a-person.must have.
contributed to the Canada Pension Plan to
be entitled to a disability pension is 5 years;
to entitle his survivors to benefits, it is 3
years. These minimum qualifying periods,
*which can only date from 1966, governed
the commencement of survivor's benefits at
the beginning of 1968 and limit the
commencement of disability pensions to
1970:
Definition of Disability
The Canada Pension Plan' Act states (Sec.
43, s.s. 2, para. (a)),
"a person shall be considered' to be
disabled only if he is determined in
prescribed manner to be suffering from a
severe and prolonged mental or physical
disability, and for the purposes of this'
Paragraph,
(i) a disability is severe only if by reason
thereof the person in respect of whom the
determination is made is incapable regularly
of pursuing any substantially gainful
occupation, and
(ii) a disability is prolonged only if it is
determined in prescribed 'manner that such
disability is likely to be long continued and
of indefinite duration or is likely to result in
death ..." •
There are certain differences in this
definition. vis-a-vis those used in other
disability programs. •
A .person is either disabled or not
)disabled within the meaning of this
definition. A decision of partial disability is
not possible.
ii) Severity is measured as the regular
incapacity to pursue any substantially
gainful occupation. A decision as to severity
is not made in relation to the activities of
daily living nor is it made in relation solely
to the person's usual orformer work.
iii) the definition of "prolonged" is not
as restrictive :as the standards ' for
"permanent" disability. Terminal illnesses
can be considered as "prolonged".
Determination of Disability
The Canada Pension Plan's definition of,
disability extends beyond the concept of
"medical impairment" although the presence
of a physical or mental impairrnent is basic
to a decision of disability within the
meaning of the Act. Interpretation of the
medical evidence by medical advisors to the
Canada Pension Plan is only part of the
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determination procedures. In certain
instances, consideration of the medical facts
alone nay decide for or against eligibility
(Le.,terminal illness, advanced stage of a
progressively ,incapacitating disease or a
minor condition causing only very limited
functional incapacity). However, in many
cases, vocational,, social, and psychological
aspects will be important in the•
determination. Consequently, the
administrative decision as to disability will
be made upon the recommendation of a
team of experts which will include, in all
cases, a duly qualified medical practitioner.
Furthermore, ° since the definition of
disability under the C.P.P. includes factors
which are not medical in nature and the
decision as, to disability within the meaning
of the Act is a. responsibility of the C.P.P.
administration, it would be inadvisable for a
physician to give an opinion as to whether or
not a patient can qualify for a benefit by
reason of disability or to act as an advocate
on behalf of his patient. If the evidence the
physician supplies is limited to 'clinical facts
and observations, and the patient is .so
informed, the patient, then, could not
attribute an unfavorable decision ' to his
doctor's report.
Medical Evidence
It is the responsibility of the applicant to -
furnish evidence, in the initial stages, to
enable the C.P.P. to deterniine if the alleged
disability meets the definition under the
Act. The medical evidence to be supplied
initially, in most instances, is from records
of the applicant's attending physician or
from hospital records. The medical report
should include, as a minimum, the medical
history, clinical and laboratory findings
which support the ' diagnosis, therapy,
therapeutic restrictions and prognosis. The
kind of objective evidence that is required
may be understood if the following is kept
in mind: From the attending physician's
report(s) on his patient, the medical advisor
to the C.P.P. (reviewing physician) must
decide that -the presence -of a physical ot
mental impairment is well established and
must reach conclusions as to prognosis; from
these reports, the physician member of the
disability determination- team must also
reach conclusions as to the person's
remaining functional abilities in order to
contribute his expertise to the decision. A
person is disabled only if the limitations of
his functional abilities render him incapable
regularly to pursue any substantially gainful
occupation in keeping with his age,
education, training and experience.
If the medical report provides the-
necessary
henecessary objective evidence; the disability
determination procedures and the
administrative decision as to eligibility for
benefits will be expedited. These benefits
may be • very important to the general
welfare of a person facing the
socio-economic . consequences of serious
long-term illness. Should the initial reports
prove igadequate, it will be necessary to "
obtain information from other sources or to.
refer the person • for examination by a
consultant. Consultative examinations,
however, are not used to relieve the
( -applicant of his responsibility to submit
medical evidence in the first place.
Confidentiality of Records
All information with respect to any
individual contributor or beneficiary is•
privileged under the C.P.P. legislation and
can be used only for purposes of the
administration of the C.P.P. legislation.
'Measures to protect the confidentiality of
medical reports have been _,developed and
implemented in accordance with medical
professional principles.
The Goderich Kinsmen Club turned over a cheque for $750 to camp convener Mrs. Marion Harris
to the Goderich and District Association for the Mentally Retarded at their recent meeting. The
funds were used last summer to send the adult retarded to .camp. From left to right
are Mrs. Evelyn Carroll, workshop supervisor; Mrs. Marion Harris, camp convener; Ray Cook,
president of the Goderich Kinsmen Club and Asa Steckly of Zurich, vice-chairman of the
association. — staff photo
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.i is -mas .;.
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qir ready
with breathaIzer
The . provincial police
detachment ,at Goderich will
ready on Dec. 1 ' when it
becomes compulsory four
motorists to submi..t to --breath
tests to determine alcohol levels
in their blood.
The detachment has a
Breathalyzer machine and two
men trained in its use. A third
officer is taking the two-week
training course in Toronto.
New sections of the criminal
code which take effect next
month make it a crime to have
an alcohol level in the blood
higher than .08 percent or to
refuse to undergo a breath test
administered by a police officer.
The minimum penalty is Ra J
$50 fine for either offence. But
the penalties can range up to
$1,000, -nr+omths�irr-jail—or--
both.
Huron County law
enforcement officials will Meet
within a week to discus -the
breath -testing system and the
government plans a publicity
campaign to acquaint the public
with the Dec.'1 deadline.
Canoe Club
elects, officers
The annual meeting of the
Menesetung Canoe Club was
held in the club rooms on
Thursday, November 13.
The new slate of officers
elected were: Harry Sturdy,
president; Sam • Anderson,
vice-president; Allan Sanders,
secretary; Cyrill Murray,
treasurer; Peter Bisset,
--uommo'dore, Ernie- Pridham,
vice-cohnmodore and Ron
Menzies, auditor.
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