Mr. Chair, I heard the member bring this issue up before.
These are issues that we continue to examine. As the seniors cohort grows, we are going to need to make sure that any anomalies in the system are addressed. We have done that in other ways, as well. We will continue to do that.
I thank the member for raising this issue. He knows it is being examined by the government. We are grateful in this country that we have a very low rate of poverty among seniors. It used to be almost 25% at the end of the 1970s, and today it is less than 6%. We have been tackling this issue successfully. We are proud of it.
We have one of the lowest poverty rates among seniors in the developed world. That does not mean there is not more to do, but it does mean that progress has been good. We will continue to be committed to it.