Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello, Minister.
I would like to talk to you about a commitment made in your mandate letter, which is also the government's commitment, regarding the Old Age Security pension. This commitment is both a good and bad idea: the good one is to increase the Old Age Security pension; the bad one, to apply it only at age 75.
I am sure that you know that the Old Age Security pension applies at 65 years of age. As a result, in your commitment, you are discriminating against seniors based on their age. You are creating a breach in the Old Age Security program, when there is nothing to justify it.
If you are, as you say, very sensitive to seniors' financial situation, are you willing to revise your decision, so that the increase in the Old Age Security pension applies at age 65?