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Parm Gill and Liberal Party

Ruby: Parm Gill, the Tory incumbent in the hotly contested Greater Toronto Area riding of Brampton North, sent a letter to constituents — at taxpayers’ expense — in July slamming his opponent Ruby for championing an expensive policy that neither the Liberal party nor the current Liberal challenger supports, according to Huffington Post Canada. Do you support Ruby and the Liberal policy of giving pension to people who have only been in Canada for 3 years and will cost Canadians $700 million per year, asks Gill in his letter. A Liberal candidate is accusing a Conservative MP of lying about her views in a pamphlet in which he attacks a former political foe with the same first name. Ruby and the Liberals have been pushing to lower the residency requirement for Old Age Security from 10 years to 3 years for new immigrants, he asserts. Gill is facing off against Liberal candidate Ruby Sahota. Granting OAS to individuals who have spent just 3 years in Canada, only benefits those who came to Canada late in their lives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.