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Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities

Hon. Kamal Khera

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities
  • Liberal
  • Brampton West
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $116,798.39

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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 2:35:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for the last eight years, we have been there supporting Canadians, including seniors, by restoring the age of eligibility for retirement back to 65, by increasing the guaranteed income supplement that has helped over 900,000 seniors and lifted 45,000 seniors out of poverty, by enhancing the Canada pension plan and by making sure we are increasing the old age security pension. These are all measures the party opposite opposed. Unlike them, we will continue to make sure we have the backs of all Canadians, including seniors.
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Nov/29/22 3:04:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member mentioned the word “fact”, so let us look at some facts. The fact is that when the Conservative Party was in power, its plan for seniors was to raise the age of retirement to 67. The fact is that the first thing we did on this side was to reverse that back to 65. The fact is that the party opposite has opposed every single measure our government has put forward to support seniors, including the increase to the guaranteed income supplement, including the 10% increase to the old age security, and including our enhancements to the CPP. We will not take any lessons from the party opposite on seniors. We are going to continue to deliver for them.
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Nov/1/22 3:06:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will not take any lessons from the party opposite, whose plan for seniors was to raise the age of retirement to 67 and attack their pensions. On this side of the House, we restored that age back to 65. We enhanced the CPP. We increased the guaranteed income supplement, which lifted thousands of seniors out of poverty. We also increased the OAS by 10%. We are delivering on doubling the GST credit. With the payments that are going to be going out this Friday, we are going to continue to deliver for all Canadians, including seniors and those living with disabilities.
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Oct/31/22 2:57:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us look at the facts. The fact is that when the Conservative Party was in power, its plan for seniors was to raise the age of retirement to 67. The first thing we did was reverse that back to 65. The fact is that the party opposite opposed every single measure that we put forward to support seniors: the increase to the GIS, the increase to the old age security by 10% and our enhancements to the CPP. We have just moved forward on doubling the GST credit with the payments going out this Friday. We are moving forward on rental and dental support. On this side of the House, we are going to continue to deliver for Canadians, including seniors.
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