Mr. Speaker, one need not be good at math to understand that, when the cost of living goes up, the first to suffer are people on fixed incomes, the seniors aged 65 to 74 who have been denied the OAS increase by the NDP and the Liberals.
Food prices have gone up by 7.4%. That is not as bad for seniors aged 75 and over whose OAS has gone up by 10%, but for those 74 and under, there are some groceries they can no longer afford. That is their reality.
Why did the NDP and the Liberals sign a contract that abandons these seniors?