Mr. Speaker, this weekend, I had the great pleasure of attending La Festa Degli Anziani with a group from the Giuseppe Garibaldi Seniors Club. This event, to mark National Seniors Day, which will be celebrated on October 1, was an opportunity to highlight and be grateful for the contributions of our seniors in our communities.
Whether it was bringing the retirement age back down to 65 after the Conservatives raised it to 67, creating the Canadian dental care plan, which has helped thousands of seniors get the health care they need, or increasing the guaranteed income supplement by 10%, our government has demonstrated its commitment to seniors time and time again.
We have reduced, by 11%, the number of seniors living in poverty. That means thousands of lives have been improved by our measures.
For such things as their words of wisdom and ongoing community involvement, we think our seniors are worth it.