Dean Del Mastro at the Finance Committee

On September 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.

September 20th, 2006 / 4:15 p.m.

Conservative

Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON

I'm not specifically speaking of seniors. But your actual package does point out EI, OAS, and GIS, and two of the three are seniors programs.

But it isn't just seniors. About 300,000 are seniors, but 655,000 in total fall completely off the federal tax rolls, plus there's the reduction in the GST. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of that.

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