Madam Speaker, as I mentioned briefly in my speech, it is often women who do not work in jobs with benefits that allow them to save for pensions. Women make 50% of what men make. Therefore, drawing on the implications of that, it is women who benefit overall from GIS and OAS.
Also, women tend to live longer. The majority of seniors in this country today and in the future are and will be women, so it does affect women disproportionately.