Human Resources committee  Again I can't tell you timelines, but I can tell you that the government has announced this in the Speech from the Throne, because clearly it's a priority for the government, and that we're working on options. We're doing our best as quickly as possible to devise options that cou

Human Resources committee  Thanks for the question. The plan on this in the Speech from the Throne is pretty detailed and comprehensive. A person with a disability would be in principle supported by the new benefit. Clearly, seniors with disabilities would fully benefit from the new benefits. That would n

Human Resources committee  I am not sure I understand your question, Ms. Chabot. I don't know which program you are referring to, or whether you are referring to the supplementary estimates (B), or to something else.

Human Resources committee  Is it in the supplementary estimates (B)?

Human Resources committee  Let me ask Mr. Perlman if he has any information about that. I have to confess that I don't know exactly what we are talking about. Mark, would you have any idea what they're talking about?

Human Resources committee  We'll get back to you. Ms. Chabot, we will get back to you later with the answer because I am having difficulty following. I will come back to that question.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I agree with you in your point that they have to live in dignity. The government has increased the GIS once for single people, the ones most affected by this, and I can assure you that we are always looking at options to improve the financial securit

Human Resources committee  As a civil servant, I can ensure you that we are looking at options to help in that direction and to propose and advise when possible in that direction.

Human Resources committee  I don't, but I will ask Alexis if he has any information on that, or any other officials on the line.

Human Resources committee  I will ask Mr. Groen to answer that.

Human Resources committee  Ms. Chabot, for some years, we have in fact made the payment to a number of seniors who are eligible for the GIS. We have a program for that, but, in certain cases, we do not have enough information to really know whether they are eligible. In addition, we can only make the payme

Human Resources committee  I can take the question, sir. In terms of retirement savings, they have been affected by a lower rate of return, as has every other Canadian, potentially. That's affecting them. In terms of the cost of living, although inflation has not been very strong, some of the component

Human Resources committee  I don't, and I don't believe we have. This is a program that is managed by the Department of Finance. I think asking them if they have monitored the withdrawal this year would be a good question. I would say they are probably not in a position to answer that, because we're stil

Human Resources committee  As the minister mentioned, the main tool we have.... Again, we supported provinces to a large extent. We provided financial payments, but also a one-time payment to seniors with a GST credit, which many seniors benefited from. In the New Horizons for seniors program, we have eld

Human Resources committee  As the minister mentioned, the government has topped up the program overall, once by $20 million from $50 million, permanently. I can't remember the year exactly, but it was probably in 2018-19. Then we added at the beginning of the year, with the help of the United Nations, $9 m