Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I would like to pick up on what the Conservative member who spoke before me asked her.
Frankly, it is insulting. This budget is an insult to seniors. The New Horizons for Seniors program was renewed, as is only right, but there is not a penny more. It is great that there will be activities to help seniors feel less isolated, but they will not have enough money to go anywhere. Seriously, the only thing people aged 65 to 74 want the government to do is correct the unacceptable unfairness that emerged when it created two classes of seniors. Poverty does not wait until people turn 75; nor does illness.
Why is the government bent on maintaining two classes of seniors and subjecting those aged 65 to 74 to financial insecurity?