Madam Speaker, public money should never be used to buy votes. If the Liberals go ahead with their plan, sending $250 cheques to couples earning $300,000 a year while leaving out pensioners would be indefensible. Forty per cent of Quebec pensioners, more than 700,000 people, receive the guaranteed income supplement. The Liberals cannot expect us to believe that these people are ultrawealthy.
If the Liberals go ahead with this bad idea to hand out cheques, will they at least include low-income pensioners?