Thank you, Minister, for being here today. It's greatly appreciated.
You mentioned that one of your priorities is to strengthen financial security for seniors. With the help of the official opposition, the government provided a number of benefits to Canadians, including seniors, throughout the pandemic. They included the Canada emergency response benefit and the Canada recovery benefit.
Unfortunately, what followed was that 90,000 low-income seniors—those who are the most vulnerable in our society—found that their guaranteed income supplement payments would be clawed back as a result of the government's mismanagement in implementing these benefits throughout the pandemic.
You just mentioned here—and it was announced in December 2021—that you would give up to $742.4 million for a one-time payment of the guaranteed income supplement.
The question I have for you today, Minister, is this: On what date these will seniors receive this money?