As far as old-age pensions are concerned, you want them to be increased according to the Consumer Price Index. If I am not mistaken, the last increase based on the CPI was $18. Let me underline that, at the Bloc québecois, we believe that it should have been $130. Had it been so, at least the low-income cutoff would have been reached.
Furthermore, there have been lots of debates in Quebec--and I wonder if that is also the case in other regions-- about the fact that the price of the average basket of consumer goods is higher for seniors then for a typical family since it includes products the prices of which increase more rapidly, such as medicines, health products, special items and so on. Some groups in Quebec claim that we should make establish a specific CPI for seniors and that their pensions should be increased on that basis.
Have you looked at this type of suggestion?