Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It was a year ago this month, actually, that my colleague MP Rachel Blaney, the NDP seniors critic, tried to have a unanimous consent motion passed in the House to get a 10% increase for all seniors age 65 and above. Unfortunately, the Liberals didn't support that at the time. Based on some of the comments we've heard today about this user-pay mentality that the Liberals have brought to the table today, we have a little bit of an idea how much of a challenge it is going to be to move this forward.
Mr. Poulin, knowing that it's going to be a challenge, I think at this time we should ask for any additional amendments. I have one thing to ask. Do you think the increase of self-employed income or employment earnings to $6,500 is enough? As well, are there any other amendments you would want to see come forward in this bill?