Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that we need to be attentive to the concerns of our seniors.
It was this government that made the Canada pension plan sustainable over the long term. In this budget we have reintroduced a program based similarly on the criteria of the former new horizons program. While we are still investigating how to roll that out, $8 million dollars is in the program this year and an additional $10 million will go in next year. This was one request that we heard right across Canada, that the Canadian people wanted to see that program reinstituted.
We heard what the people dealing with seniors' issues were saying and we responded.