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House Hansard - 16

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2021 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Dec/13/21 2:55:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, experts expect food prices to rise by 7%. Meanwhile, Ottawa wants to cut back the guaranteed income supplement for 183,000 senior workers, many of them among the poorest seniors who received the Canada emergency response benefit. Grocery bills will be going way up, yet the government is clawing back an average of $3,500. In committee on Thursday, the Minister of Finance confirmed that she was actively seeking a solution and would have more to say in a few days. That takes us to tomorrow's economic update. Will the Minister of Finance be announcing a solution in the update?
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Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Dec/13/21 2:56:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the cost of groceries has increased 7%, but the income of seniors under the age of 75 has not increased at all because the government is denying them the old age security pension increase they deserve. This basically forces seniors, whose health is often fragile, to cut back on the food they buy. I know that the finance minister understands perfectly well that freezing the pension of those under the age of 75 when prices are skyrocketing impoverishes them. Given that reality, why is the government so determined to have two classes of seniors?
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