Mr. Speaker, what has been proposed by the government side regarding supporting seniors, while it is a step forward, is entirely insufficient.
We need to bring seniors out of poverty and a $600 credit per year is simply inadequate and is not at the right level to help our seniors get to the point where they deserve to be.
They have worked their entire lives to create this beautiful country and quite frankly $600 a year I suppose is perhaps enough to pay part of their rent for one month, but we are talking about seniors who, by and large, are scraping by and spending their savings in order to pay for their groceries, transportation and to avoid being a burden to their families.
The $600 credit per year is simply insufficient and we really hope the Conservatives will actually propose something which would be more readily acceptable to Canadian seniors.