You also know that a lot of people 65 and over who don't receive old age pension benefits don't even know they're poor. A lot of seniors are living in run-down places and are quite happy to get $500 or $600 a month. Are you promoting the guaranteed income supplement, which is intended for people 65 and over who have incomes of less than $13,000 a year? That belongs to them, because those people built our villages, our provinces. You could let these people know about the guaranteed income supplement in order to get them out of poverty and give them the dignity they deserve.
On November 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.