I will take the liberty of answering this question.
I think it's an aberration.
For example, in Quebec, the Quebec pension plan annuity and the OAS pension are in principle calculated to represent 25% of your pre-retirement income, which is next to nothing. You can't live on 25% of your income when you're 65 or over if you don't have other income or another retirement plan, such as an RRSP, a TFSA or other income from your employer. Yet many people have no other income and live on both pensions. The same is true in the rest of Canada, where people live on the Canada pension plan pension and old age security, which amounts to 25%.
Groups in Quebec and several other Canadian provinces have asked both levels of government to increase this double pension, that is the provincial or federal pension and the old age security pension, to have it reflect 50% of pre-retirement income, to prevent people from being trapped in poverty. We've seen this since the pandemic, since interest rates rose, as well as the cost of rent, groceries, gasoline, insurance and so on. The gentleman has just told us about his family situation. It's the same for everyone. At the end of the month, it's hard to pay all the expenses.