Thank you for your question.
With respect to the increase in the guaranteed income supplement, the increase was $947 per year for Canadian single seniors, and that benefits 900,000 single seniors. It will lift about 13,000 of those seniors above the LICO, the low-income cut-off. At the same time, for those seniors who remain below the low-income cut-off, it will reduce the depth of their poverty by approximately $728, so they are better off as well, notwithstanding the fact that they still may be below the low-income cut-off. That's been a significant policy decision that has already been implemented. It started in July 2016.
With respect to restoring the age of eligibility to age 65 for old age security and guaranteed income supplement benefits, the government did so because it would otherwise have put 65- and 66-year-olds who rely on government pensions into a low-income situation. At this point, for some reason, I don't have the data with me on the number of seniors who will benefit from that or will be prevented from falling into poverty, but I can certainly get you that figure.