Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for being here today.
I have a number of questions. Since I have just seven minutes, I'll probably ask four questions to four witnesses, to cover all the points that interest me.
Ms. Eng and Mr. John, thank you very much for appearing before the committee. Ms. Eng, I believe we've worked together in the past.
My first question has to do with changes to the guaranteed income supplement, which will not come into force until July. My political party and I are proposing that these changes be applied retroactively to January 1, 2016.
Do you have any concerns about the date? You mentioned your concerns about the amount of money and about the people who are excluded. Can you speak more to that?
Do you think there will still be a very high number of seniors in poverty after these changes are implemented? Can you give us an estimate of how many?