Mr. Speaker, I have been asking questions about this for months. There are still 85,000 seniors waiting.
The minister asked for cases. Another case in this morning's article was that of Martial Lavoie, a constituent of mine who is listening right now. He calls Service Canada almost every day, hoping to find out whether any progress has been made on his case. Day after day, the pre-recorded message says that, because of a problem with the self-service system, information about old age security payments is not available. That is the message.
Why must seniors pay the price for this financial and IT fiasco, and why should future generations have to foot the $5‑billion bill?