Deb Schulte at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On May 15th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 15th, 2020 / 11:35 a.m.

Liberal

Deb Schulte Liberal King—Vaughan, ON

There's quite a lot in your question to unpack. I just want to go back to the first point you made.

You can be darn sure that, as the Minister of Seniors and as a member of the COVID-19 committee, I am advocating very strongly that we support seniors in every way we can during this challenging time.

To address the issue you raised in terms of what we're doing for low-income seniors, I will say that, yes, we did support low- to modest-income seniors, along with other Canadians, with a GST top-up that came to $375—

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