François Lapointe on Supporting Vulnerable Seniors and Strengthening Canada's Economy Act

In the House of Commons on June 15th, 2011. See this statement in context.

Supporting Vulnerable Seniors and Strengthening Canada's Economy ActGovernment Orders

June 15th, 2011 / 4 p.m.

NDP

François Lapointe NDP Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Madam Speaker, we know that roughly $400 million more was needed for pensions to bring all older Canadians to just the average of what they needed.

How could this $400 million have been a threat to Canada's economic action plan? Why can we not manage and budget in a way to ensure that we can bring all of those people out of poverty and have a decent phase 2 of the economic action plan? How can we not afford both?

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