When Nesbit reached 60, he applied for a spousal allowance, but was refused on the basis that spouse, defined in section 2 of Old Age Security Act, did not include a member of the same-sex.
He applied for a spousal allowance. Spouse did not include a member of the same-sex. This was what he was refused on the basis. Spouse was defined in section 2 of Old Age Security Act. Nesbit reached 60.