Are considered as included income the benefits paid to compensate a loss of income or a loss of support for persons recognized as dependants under the program created by the government of Quebec for haemophiliacs and other HIV-infected persons as a result of a blood transfusion or the use of blood products.
Lump-sum benefits paid as part of this program represent an excluded liquid asset.
Are considered as included income the benefits paid under the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement, dated June 15, 1999, to compensate a loss of income or a loss of support for persons recognized as dependants.
Under this agreement, a monetary fund was created in which the federal, provincial and territorial governments participate to compensate Hepatitis C victims infected between January 1, 1986 and July 1, 1990. A designated administrator will pay the benefits to the eligible persons. These amounts are included as of the date of the payment.
Persons affected by the agreement are:
- HCV-infected persons following a blood transfusion and HCV-infected haemophiliacs, including the personal representatives of the persons infected, the persons recognized as dependants and the recognized family members when the person infected is deceased;
- indirectly HIV-infected persons.
Lump-sum benefits paid as part of this agreement represent an excluded liquid asset.