I'd like to say the simple thing, and my point is very straight. You know that GIS is a guaranteed income supplement--guaranteed. If it is a guaranteed one, a citizen of Canada should not be deprived of his guaranteed income supplement. Is it a reasonable justice to a man who is a citizen of Canada but is not getting any guaranteed income supplement? Why do you put a five-year attachment on old age security benefits, or a ten-year one? What is the logic?
Be human. Take the condition off the 65-plus citizens who are Canadian citizens. They have forgone their Indian, Arab, African, or Chinese citizenship and they are now honourable, proud Canadian citizens. Why is their guaranteed income supplement zero because they have not completed ten years of residency? This is unjust and unfair.