Madam Speaker, I imagine that it will come as no surprise to my colleague that I am talking to her about seniors. According to the OECD, Canada is one of the industrialized countries where people experience the sharpest drop in their purchasing power on retirement. Based on these data, would my colleague not agree that the Bloc Québécois's request is extremely reasonable?
Even though they say it would cost $3 billion, the fact remains that this does not even represent 1% of government spending. Is it not reasonable to say that seniors, who built Quebec and the rest of this country, deserve to be treated decently?