Finance committee  Mr. Poirier-Monette, do you want to answer that question?

Finance committee  That is correct.

Finance committee  For that, I will hand over to Mr. Poirier-Monette.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. We know that most seniors choose to live in their own homes, close to their families and their circles of friends. It is a kind of reassurance for them. An increase of 10% in the old age security pension for seniors aged 75 and over was announced in

Finance committee  The increase will certainly help them and we cannot be against that. However, we can see that a number of those aged 65 and over are women, and caregivers at their parents' bedside. They are caregivers, but they are themselves seniors, and becoming poorer because they have to g

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen of Parliament, thank you for inviting me to appear before your committee. My name is Gisèle Tassé-Goodman. I am the President of the Réseau FADOQ. With me, is Philippe Poirier-Monette, FADOQ's Collective Rights Advisor. The Réseau FAD

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, my name is Gisèle Tassé-Goodman and I am the president of the Réseau FADOQ. With me today is Danis Prud'homme, our chief executive. I would like to thank the members of the committee for inviting us. The Réseau FADOQ is an associa

Status of Women committee  We want to avoid any segregation. Why should people 75 years of age and over get a 10% increase in old age security pensions when those who are 65 aren't entitled to it? In many cases, these are women who live on lower incomes. As I said earlier, seniors have been waiting 14 mon

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. Our media appearance was in response to the Quebec government's announcement Sunday morning of a $100 million transfer to support home care. That's fine, but we still need more money. There has to be a bigger effort. So we're counting on the Canada health transfer.

Status of Women committee  As you know, in many cases, these women are informal caregivers and are taking care of their parents or a family member. They may also be neighbours. These informal caregivers buy groceries, do the housecleaning, provide minor daily care and prepare meals. Some of them work part

Status of Women committee  As you know, seniors were isolated and deprived of the help of informal caregivers in the first wave of the pandemic. They were deprived of their families and their neighbourhoods, and they were isolated in their houses and apartments. They were deprived of services and had to pa

Status of Women committee  You know as I do that this is a provincial jurisdiction. So we won't venture into that area since it isn't a federal matter. However, we would prefer a focus on health transfers because we know there's a shortfall in that area. I'll invite my colleague Mr. Poirier-Monette to pro

Status of Women committee  Yes, as you well know, older women have total incomes of less than $20,000 a year and that 52% of them work for minimum wage. As a result, it's hard for them to contribute to an RRSP, and we know they can't join an employer pension plan. That said, as you'll remember, in Septemb

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the Committee, I am Gisèle Tassé-Goodman, President of Réseau FADOQ. With me today is Philippe Poirier-Monette, our organization’s collective rights adviser. I would like to thank the members of the Committee for inviting us. Réseau FADOQ repr

Human Resources committee  We would like to extend the maximum age for the transfer to 75. We know there's a labour shortage at the moment.