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Matthew Green

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

Hamilton Centre
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 65%
Expenses Last Quarter: $131,250.15

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Dec/6/22 12:51:44 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, I gave the hon. member the opportunity to advocate for seniors and talk about what a living wage would look like in retirement, and she chose not to answer the question, so I want to put the question back to the hon. member. What is the rate and how far would she be willing to go on seniors' pension rates to help lift them out of poverty? I ask the member to give me numbers.

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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22

Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Dec/6/22 12:49:48 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, it is a rare day I get to rise in the House and find common ground with my Conservative colleagues, but I think I may have found it. The Conservative member spoke about the inadequate rates for seniors in their pensions and retirements, and I completely agree. She talked about how inadequate the Liberal government's increases were to it, so I would like to find some common ground with the hon. Conservative member and ask her to reflect on what she thinks would be a fair and adequate rate to allow seniors to retire with dignity in this country.

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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22

Mr. Matthew Green

Oct/4/22 5:25:44 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-30

Madam Speaker, I will reflect on it. While I am doing that, I ask the hon. member to reflect on the fact that we have a system right now where we have people living in deep, legislated poverty, people living with disabilities and seniors living in absolute squalor conditions in long-term care facilities who are actually contemplating medical assistance in dying because the government refused to provide, without delay, supports to people with disabilities. It refused our motion to provide a guaranteed basic livable income to people living with disabilities and to seniors. That is what it should be reflecting on, and it is to this country's shame.

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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22

Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Feb/15/22 1:13:57 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-12

Mr. Speaker, in all of Hamilton, 2,020 seniors saw a reduction in their GIS benefits because of the CERB clawbacks. Residents in Hamilton Centre bore the brunt, with almost 660 having their GIS clawed back. This has been an attack, and it has been devastating on working poor seniors in my community. In a time of such uncertainty and despair, that the Liberals would plunge seniors further into poverty can only be described as cruel and unusual. They have known about this for quite some time. I ask the hon. member, who knew this was an issue for seniors, why he and the Liberals waited so long to fix it.

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