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Alice Wong in Question Period
On October 2, 2017, Alice Wong asked a question during Question Period. The topic was on Seniors.
The following is a transcript:
Hon. Alice Wong (Richmond Centre, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, in celebration of National Seniors Day, I visited many seniors homes, talking and listening to their concerns.
One concern of seniors is identity theft. In light of a major security breach in a credit agency, when will the Liberal government take action to stop identity theft of our vulnerable seniors?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the importance of seniors is not only very clear in our mandate letter, but it has also been very clear in our actions since April 2016. We increased by almost $1,000 the guaranteed income supplement for 900,000 vulnerable seniors. We brought the age of eligibly for old age security back to 65 years old, which is preventing 100,000 vulnerable seniors from falling into severe poverty. We have launched, and will be launching again, important investments in housing, in health care, and all sorts of things that will produce—
Filed under: Parliament, Seniors, Video