Mr. Speaker, if I understood correctly, my colleague talked about the situation facing one of her constituents, a 75-year old woman who is having trouble making ends meet and who is worried about her health.
I would like to point out that the budget contains no measures to help seniors cope with the cost of living. However, these people are on a fixed income with old age security. At least her 75-year-old constituent got the 10% increase, which is still not enough. A 73-year-old could probably tell the member the same thing. She could tell the member that she cannot make ends meet, that rents are too high and that her old age security is not enough to keep up with inflation, not to mention that she did not even get the 10% increase that 75-year-olds got.
Does my colleague not agree that all pensioners should be paid the same amount, starting at age 65? Her party supported my bill in the last Parliament, so let us increase old age security by 10% for seniors aged 65 to 74.
I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on that.