Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by close to 5,000 citizens. The Table de concertation Abus auprès des aînés de la Mauricie, an issue table dealing with elder abuse, took upon itself to circulate the petition.
This petition calls for the terms of the GIS program to be improved, to include full retroactivity, a $110 monthly increase in benefits and continued payments for a period of six months for a bereaved spouse. I applaud their initiative.