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House Hansard - 31

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, CPC)
  • Feb/15/22 1:09:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, seniors 75 and older are supposed to be getting an increase to their old age security, and of course there was the pre-election lump sum that was encouraging them to vote a certain way. There are seniors who wanted to top up their incomes with part-time jobs, but when they applied for CERB, they could not apply for a partial CERB, so they got the whole $500, and some of those people took money out of RSPs to pay the taxman, who wanted all the CERB back. Would the people who already paid the CERB money back be reimbursed? Are they going to continually be behind the eight ball because, having taken money out of their RSPs, that again props up their income so that they qualify for less of the supplement?
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Feb/15/22 5:26:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Madam Speaker, if I understood correctly, earlier, our Liberal colleague chastised the Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives for voting against the motion. We are not against the motion. What we were against was closure. I think my colleague explained it well. Bloc Québécois members sent letters to the Minister of Seniors before the election because we saw this coming. As of July 2021, seniors's GIS was reduced. These are the most vulnerable seniors, those who need the money the most, and they have not been reimbursed yet. The Liberals themselves created this emergency. Seniors should be reimbursed as soon as possible, and the law needs to say that CERB is no longer part of the GIS calculation. What are my colleague's thoughts on that? I think it is deplorable that the Liberals are giving us a hard time for saying no to closure when they are the ones who caused the problem.
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