Many low-income seniors are standing on the edge of a financial precipice. As family physicians and health promoters at St. Michael’s Family Health Team, we do everything we can to support our patients through these challenges. But for every person we help, thousands of others fall through the cracks with no one to catch them. Seniors in Canada often rely on government pensions, including Old Age Security (OAS), and for those who have worked, Canada Pension Plan-Retirement (CPP-R).