Good.
I would like to tell you about a specific problem. Whenever there is an increase in Quebec, be it in the QPP or any pension plan, Ottawa cuts the Guaranteed Income Supplement. For example, when there was a $20 per month increase in Quebec, the Guaranteed Income Supplement decreased by $40 per month. Individuals are even poorer than they were before Quebec handed out an increase.
Since you work in cooperation with the provincial governments, is there no way to work together to avoid such trauma for individuals who are becoming poorer and who are having trouble making ends meet?
In my riding, some people are crying because they do not have anything to eat. We are taking up collections to feed them. We are talking about individuals aged 80 and older. It is very sad, and we wonder what needs to be done to ensure the government can fix this problem. Clearly, it needs to be able to intervene.