Mr. Speaker, last Sunday, I went to Ange‑Gardien to meet with volunteers who were organizing food drives. Today is the day of the media food drive. Saturday morning, food drives are being held in Saint‑Césaire, Waterloo and Rougemont. On Sunday, I will be raising money for the SOS Dépannage Moisson Granby food drive. In short, it is food drive season.
Everywhere I go, I talk to people. The HungerCount report was recently released. In an interview on Radio-Canada, an official responsible for the report explained that one of their recommendations was to increase old age security because it is clearly no longer enough. This budget has absolutely nothing in it for seniors. Yes, the other side of the House likes to brag about the New Horizons for Seniors program. That is good, but that is not what puts food on the table. Seniors can no longer make ends meet on their fixed incomes.
Does my colleague agree, as the Conservatives did in the previous Parliament, that the old age security pension should at least be the same amount for all seniors and that those aged 65 to 74 also deserve a 10% increase?