Thank you very much.
I'm sorry I missed the first hour, but I recognize that we're talking about the guaranteed income supplement, Canada pension plan, and old age security processing times. The reason I want to share with that is I had worked for 11 years in a constituency office focusing on the needs of seniors.
My staff has brought forward to me some changes and maybe you can tell me if this is what you're seeing in your province compared to what I'm seeing in southwestern Ontario. We've seen that the Canada pension plan has gone to up to 20 weeks for processing. We used to look at between six and eight weeks, and it was up to about 2015 that we saw those. CPP survivors' benefits are going up to 24 weeks so we're talking about a half a year for processing on this. CPP death benefits are also going up to 24 weeks. The funeral homes are expecting their money. Usually I saw about a two-month turnaround time; now we're talking about a six-month turnaround time. CPP disability is four to six months, which is typically average with your hiccups happening.
One of the biggest things I'm seeing is with the guaranteed income supplement. Our most vulnerable seniors are at huge risk. These are the people who are having the guaranteed income supplement because that's what's paying for their food, that's what's paying for their housing, that's what's paying for everything.
Have you seen the same increased time frames that I have seen?