Thank you, Chair.
I'm going to direct my questions to Mr. Lynam. I'd like to start by reading an email that was sent to me by someone in my community:
I'm writing you to express my absolute disgust with the Liberals' continued boasting of their increase to OAS payments to recipients.
In my case, this so called “bonus” amounted to a whopping $0.74 !! And that is also taxable.
I would really like to know how that $0.74 is supposed to offset the increase of monthly expenses directly attributable to the Liberal Party's reckless spending sprees....
I get many of these messages.
After hearing that, do you think seniors are more prone to being enticed into participating unwittingly in scams as a result of these financial struggles and their desperation to offset the high cost of living?