Even though the Order-in-Council of Though the majority of the final report consists of a county-by-county breakdown of
potential pensioners and the associated costs therein, there are some interesting aspects of this
Commission. Six commissioners were appointed to oversee this inquiry, Also of interest, and in common with the Mothers' Allowance Commission, is the lack of
any discussion of universality. The pension program was not designed for all persons over a
certain age, but those over a certain age who qualified under specific criteria. For instance, the
Commission recommended that those elderly persons living with sons or daughters might be
disqualified from the program. Equally compelling were the means by which the Commission thought extra income
might be generated to pay for the program. One proposal was to institute a ten cent tax on
magazines published outside Canada, which contained over twenty per cent fiction. The
proposed tax would raise revenue or at the very least "would tend to restrict the sale of the more
objectionable class [of magazines]". Further, as per the federal pension legislation, provision
was made for assignation of pensioners' real estate to the Pension Board, thought it was not
compulsory. Upon the death of the pensioner, the real estate would be sold and the Board would
reimburse itself from the proceed, plus five per cent! h.c. Commissioners:
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