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{
"time": "2024-06-17 19:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux",
"fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8505076\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, the member raises a number of points, and I would love to be able to address them all. However, let me address one that the Bloc members constantly bring up, and that is in regard to seniors and the age 65 issue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8505077\" data-originallang=\"en\">We, as a political party, made an election platform commitment to increase the OAS by 10% for seniors who were 75 and over. That was intentionally done because, as people get older, medical requirements often increase. There are other issues, like the ability to get a part-time job if they need or desire one. By looking at a number of factors, it was determined that the best way we can assist seniors is to look at those who are 75 and up and to give them a healthy increase of 10%.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8505078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Through the years, we continue to see the COLA increases to OAS, and we have also seen substantial increases to the GIS, which date back to 2015-16. We dramatically increased it and took hundreds of seniors, in Winnipeg North alone, out of poverty.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8505076\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 soul\u00e8ve un certain nombre de points, et j'aimerais pouvoir les aborder tous. Cependant, je vais me pencher sur une question que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Bloc ne cessent de soulever, \u00e0 savoir les a\u00een\u00e9s de 65 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8505077\" data-originallang=\"en\">En tant que parti politique, nous nous sommes engag\u00e9s, dans notre programme \u00e9lectoral, \u00e0 augmenter la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse de 10 % pour les a\u00een\u00e9s de 75 ans et plus. Nous avons pris cette d\u00e9cision parce que, avec l'\u00e2ge, les besoins m\u00e9dicaux augmentent souvent. Il y a d'autres probl\u00e8mes, comme la capacit\u00e9 d'obtenir un emploi \u00e0 temps partiel si on en a besoin ou si on le souhaite. En examinant un certain nombre de facteurs, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9termin\u00e9 que la meilleure fa\u00e7on d'aider les a\u00een\u00e9s \u00e9tait d'augmenter de 10 % \u2014 une hausse substantielle \u2014 les prestations de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse des gens de 75 ans et plus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8505078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au fil des ans, on a continu\u00e9 de bonifier ces prestations pour les ajuster au co\u00fbt de la vie. Depuis l'exercice 2015\u20112016, nous avons aussi bonifi\u00e9 consid\u00e9rablement le Suppl\u00e9ment de revenu garanti, ce qui a permis de sortir de la pauvret\u00e9 des centaines d'a\u00een\u00e9s, rien que dans Winnipeg\u2011Nord.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/6/17/kevin-lamoureux-9/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12832491",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1",
"fr": "Loi no 1 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2024"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/6/17/",
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}
}