Ms. Nicole Laveau at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 17th, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2017 / 4:55 p.m.

Representative, Comité retraite et fiscalité, Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées

Nicole Laveau

It is completely the opposite of what we are asking for. We are asking for all seniors to be able to access income at the equivalent of the poverty line. With old age security and the guaranteed income supplement, we are still far from that. According to the data we have, the gap is quite significant.

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