Employment and Social Development Canada released details on the number of seniors who received more than $2.4 billion in tax-free cheques amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Canada's Seniors Minister Deb Schulte says the government is providing tax-free, one-time payments to help all older Canadians on either old age security or the guaranteed income supplement.

Seniors who already receive benefits won't have to apply for the special payment.

"Canadian seniors have been counting on the much overdue increase to OAS and perhaps never before has that increase been needed so much," CanAge's CEO said.

'We are committed to delivering on our promises but right now the pandemic is taking all efforts and energies and that’s where our focus is,' Deb Schulte said.

The MIT study prompted Morales, who fled Bolivia first to Mexico and then to Argentina, to call on Sunday for the "democratic" international community to steward the upcoming election carefully.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the government would support an international probe.

"I am expecting to receive a favourable response to this request," the head of the Organization of American States wrote to Canada.

Saving for retirement is important — but so is knowing how much to withdraw when you finally get there.

The proposed plan would lead to the OAS shutting its doors.