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Niki Ashton

  • Member of Parliament
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  • NDP
  • Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
  • Manitoba
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $142,937.96

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Mar/27/23 3:34:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the other petition calls on the government to stop punishing single seniors for the mere fact of being single. Petitioners call on the government to offer tax benefits to single seniors equal to those in place for senior couples, acknowledging as well that there is a particular gendered impact, and it is single women seniors who often pay the price.
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Feb/15/22 1:40:38 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, I also want to echo how great it is to hear Conservatives talk about supporting seniors, particularly those who live on and below the poverty line, which is an absolute shame in a country as wealthy as Canada. However, when this member was in government, it was the former Conservative government that engaged in a full war on seniors, pushing back benefits like the OAS and GIS to the age of 67, truly a shocking reproach towards our seniors who have helped build this country. We judge by what they did in power rather than by the words we are hearing right now. Is it not time to urgently support seniors? When will the Conservatives get with the program on that?
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