The overall impact is up to $950 per year for each of these 900,000 seniors. For some of us around the room, $950 might seem a relatively modest amount, but when you live in very severe economic circumstances as a vulnerable, single senior does, that makes a big difference. The impact, as I said, is that 13,000 vulnerable seniors were taken out of poverty. Again, the vast majority—90%—of these seniors are vulnerable women, so the gender lens when it comes to seniors is very important. Not only are there more women, they also happen to live longer, and they often find themselves in more vulnerable economic and social circumstances.
On June 6th, 2017. See this statement in context.