I could start, and others could add. From the point of view of old age security, guaranteed income supplement, we know that the majority of those living in poverty on these benefits are women. We also know that the majority of those women are unattached women, so nearly two-thirds of seniors living in poverty are women. Most are single, so increasing the guaranteed income supplement by $947 per year for single seniors benefited almost 900,000 Canadians. Two-thirds of those were women living alone. There was a large effort in the context of increasing the guaranteed income supplement to address low income among senior women.
On October 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.