Thank you, Chair.
Here's my concern. We have a single senior who earns $50,000. We have a couple who earn $50,000. That single senior pays, between federal and Ontario taxes, almost $6,000 in taxes. It's $5,797 to be exact. The couple pays $600. Therefore, we have a single senior who is penalized because she's single and therefore paying more in taxes.
What really upsets me about this is that seniors are going to the food bank to help so that they can bring food home and not feel guilty. Do we really want a society where our seniors, who have built this country and raised us, have to use the food bank?