Mr. Speaker, over the summer, I listened to seniors in my riding and from across the country and here is what they told me: first, we must ensure that old age security payments never again go two years without a cost of living increase; second, we must stop the clawback of GIS when there is a cost of living increase to CPP; and third, we must do something to bring down the cost of medications.
To deal with those issues, New Democrats have tabled a number of proposals.
First, we propose to increase the GIS enough so that no senior lives in poverty.
Second, I tabled Bill C-564, my seniors' CPI act. This bill would create a CPI measure based upon the purchases that seniors actually make, rather than the one currently used, which is an average of the purchases of all Canadians.
Soon our health critic, the member for Halifax, will roll out her national affordable medications proposals.
Seniors have been telling me that they feel invisible in this country. I want to tell seniors today that they are not invisible to New Democrats.