Madam Chair, I am struck by one of the things the member just talked about, and that is the $22,000 on which people live. I was in Elliot Lake when a woman came up to me and told me she lived on $1,160 a month, exactly what the member said.
We have differences on some points here or there, but everyone in this place is trying to find a way to improve the lives of seniors. Therefore, I am glad to hear her bring forward her points today.
The leaked document has not been leaked onto my desk, so I cannot respond to it. However, people know what the problem is. The problem is seniors do not have adequate pensions. If they are living on old age security and GIS, they do not have enough. Eleven hundred dollars a month does not do it. Therefore, we have to do something about that.
Madam Chair, you said I had a bit of time left so I could turn to my last page.
I want to talk about the fact that the NDP has put forward a plan, a seniors' retirement income security plan. We have talked about increasing the GIS to lift seniors out of poverty, strengthening the CPP by doubling it if we can reach that goal, adopting a plan to take in stranded pension funds and a national pension insurance plan. If we were to work on those four points, we would be well under way to making a better life for seniors.