Thank you, Madam Chair.
I think everybody probably understands why this is close to our hearts. I come from the province that actually has been telling its representatives that we cannot allow the previous action that is going on.
I think we all agree that Canadians who work hard, pay their taxes, and play by the rules deserve taxpayer-funded government benefits such as old age security, but definitely it is wrong and obviously unfair that prisoners who break the law should also receive the same entitlements.
To our government public servants here, thank you very much for coming. You have repeated again that prisoners already have their basic needs met at the expense of taxpayers and Canadians should not be paying again by providing them income support through OAS.
These proposed changes would ensure that mass murderers such as Clifford Olson do not receive entitlements while in jail. You all know that he murdered eleven children and altered the lives forever of the victims' families. This is close to our hearts.
Are there any other federal payments extended to criminals while they are in prison, and if so, which ones?