Thank you for the question.
While seniors are at half the rate of the national average for working Canadians below the poverty line, we know there is still more work to do, such as with the single seniors you mentioned. That's why we're focused on building an economy that brings down costs for Canadians, and this very much includes seniors and helping them get ahead.
You also mentioned food prices and the overall cost of living. We know this is putting pressure on Canadians, particularly those with fixed incomes. To support seniors, we've made significant investments, including increasing the maximum GIS for single seniors, which you were talking about, and increasing the OAS pension for seniors 75 and older. OAS benefits, as I mentioned, are increased quarterly to keep up with the rising cost of living. These investments are really crucial in reducing the poverty rate, and we know they're working because the poverty rate for seniors is half the national average.
We know there is more to do, and that's why we're focused on making historic investments in key initiatives that affect affordability. We know housing is a key affordability issue. This really feeds into the Canada housing plan. The national housing strategy also has seniors as a core consideration with respect to the development of that strategy—