Human Resources committee  Exactly. Seniors are choosing to continue working and to help society. In this way, they socialize and mingle with the community. This has the positive effect of counteracting isolation. In addition to alleviating the labour shortage, there is a transfer of knowledge to the young

Human Resources committee  As you know, health is a provincial jurisdiction, so this is delicate. Sharing best practices is certainly a good thing, but if the increase in the federal transfer to the provinces and territories were to return to 6%, as the FADOQ network is asking, we would certainly see an im

Human Resources committee  Mr. Prud'homme, would you like to speak? Are you familiar with this file?

Human Resources committee  You understood very well. As I mentioned, it is unacceptable for shareholders and managers to be paying bonuses to themselves while workers, who have invested all their lives to build up a nest egg, realize, very close to retirement, that their pension plan is being cut. That's

Human Resources committee  We don't necessarily have any answers. We mentioned to the Standing Committee on Finance in February and again on May 1, that it was important for the government to keep its promise. On September 18, it made a commitment to increase the old age security benefit by 10% for people

Human Resources committee  I'm going to ask our director general Mr. Prud'homme to answer the question.

Human Resources committee  Good evening. I want to thank the committee for the invitation. My name is Gisèle Tassé-Goodman. I'm the president of the Réseau FADOQ. Danis Prud'homme, the Réseau FADOQ's director general, has joined me today for this appearance. As an organization that advocates for the righ

Finance committee  We talked about that in February when we appeared before the committee, and it's still relevant in the context of COVID-19. We expect to see bankruptcies in the coming months, and workers' pensions will probably be slashed as a result. There are two measures the federal governme

Finance committee  As the media have reported, we are trying hard to make the point that more must be done for seniors, for those who built our society, for our wise elders. Seniors say that the guaranteed income supplement sure doesn't cover Internet access. This government promised a 10% increas

Finance committee  Seniors' portfolios are losing value. The investments they spent years building up are shrinking before their very eyes. They want it abolished for this year. Also, as I said, seniors want the age limit for converting RRSPs into RRIFs raised to 75. Seniors who enjoy good health

Finance committee  According to Statistics Canada, 5.1 million people in Canada will turn 65 over the next 10 years, which is a significant number. We're not experts, but we believe the Canada health transfer should be increased by 6%. It was reduced in 2017, which we know full well has had an impa

Finance committee  It is absolutely critical, Ms. Larouche. The Government of Canada must do more to connect all Quebeckers and all seniors to the Internet. They must have Internet access, and it must be quality access. In some regions, it's much more difficult to access the Internet, and it's al

Finance committee  Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, and well before, we've been saying that there's a critical need. This government promised to raise old age security by 10%. People are expecting that. We want higher pensions, be it the guaranteed income supplement or old age security. A

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Finance for inviting me to appear. With over 535,000 members, the Réseau FADOQ is Canada's largest network of seniors. As the president of an organization that advocates for seniors' right

Finance committee  It depends on the deceased person's contribution. That's how the calculation is made. The survivor's distress must be taken into consideration. I want to make sure that I'm giving you an accurate answer. Are you referring to the three-month extension for the survivor or the bere