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House Hansard - 27

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 9, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Feb/9/22 3:03:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past eight months, the Prime Minister has reduced guaranteed income supplement payments for seniors who legitimately collected CERB. These are not wealthy seniors. They work part-time to pay for rent, groceries and prescriptions. It took months for the Prime Minister to realize that was wrong, and he is going to make it right—but not until May—and he is still going to cut benefits every month until June. These seniors have made sacrifices for eight months. Does the Prime Minister think they deserve something better than misery until the end of spring?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Feb/9/22 3:05:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, seniors are suffering as a result of the cuts to the guaranteed income supplement. Some of them are going hungry, selling their possessions and even losing their homes. These people cannot wait until late spring for the federal bureaucratic machine to get moving. The Prime Minister proved with CERB that he can get cheques out quickly when he really wants to. If the Prime Minister was able to make CERB payments to millions of people within 10 days of them applying, he has the capacity to provide support to the most vulnerable seniors before the end of spring. What is stopping him from taking action?
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