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House Hansard - 26

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 10:02:50 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Guaranteed Income Supplement).
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 2:59:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, we know just how difficult this pandemic has been on seniors, and on this side of the House, we have been there to support them. As announced in the fiscal update, we will be delivering a one-time payment to fully compensate those affected in 2020, and today we introduced Bill C-12 to exclude any pandemic benefits for the purposes of calculating GIS going forward. I hope that we can count on all parties' support to quickly pass this bill to prevent any future reduction in GIS for low-income vulnerable seniors who took pandemic benefits. I hope we can all get behind this.
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 3:00:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, our government's priority has been there to support those most vulnerable, especially those seniors, and that is why we worked so hard to strengthen income security for seniors, including the increases to the GIS, which has helped over 900,000 low-income seniors. That is also why we introduced Bill C-12 to exclude pandemic benefits for the purposes of calculating GIS going forward. We are also making major investments through a one-time payment for seniors affected. On this side of the House, we will always be there for seniors.
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