Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2026-05-27 16:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
        "fr": "Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9360387\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am presenting an e-petition that has the signatures of just under 5,000 Canadians, raising an issue that seems pretty much a no-brainer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360388\" data-originallang=\"en\">The death benefit from the Canadian pension plan has been frozen at the same level since 1998, at $2,500. Obviously, the cost of living and the cost of a funeral, the cost of dying, in this country have more than doubled since 1998.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360389\" data-originallang=\"en\">Since many Canadians outlive their savings, the petitioners are asking the House of Commons to consider that the CPP top-up death benefit really applies only to people who have never received CPP. The number of people who are suffering and who are living below the poverty line calls us to consider this: that the House of Commons and the government increase the CPP death benefit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Petitioners have calculated the inflation-adjusted 2025 value of where the benefit was in 1998, so they are calling on the government to increase the CPP death benefit to $6,400 and to provide tax deductions and credits for families for funeral expenses and other final expenses, to help all Canadian families afford a dignified funeral and burial for their loved ones.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9360387\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique qui a recueilli un peu moins de 5 000 signatures. Elle porte sur quelque chose qui devrait aller de soi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360388\" data-originallang=\"en\">La prestation de d\u00e9c\u00e8s du R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada est gel\u00e9e au m\u00eame niveau depuis 1998, soit \u00e0 2 500 $. Il va sans dire que le co\u00fbt de la vie, les frais fun\u00e9raires et les d\u00e9penses li\u00e9es \u00e0 un d\u00e9c\u00e8s au Canada ont plus que doubl\u00e9 depuis 1998.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360389\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que de nombreux Canadiens \u00e9puisent leurs \u00e9conomies avant la fin de leur vie, les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent \u00e0 la Chambre de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir au fait que la prestation compl\u00e9mentaire de d\u00e9c\u00e8s du R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada ne s'applique en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 qu'aux personnes qui n'ont jamais touch\u00e9 de prestations du R\u00e9gime. De nombreuses personnes souffrent, mais elles vivent sous le seuil de la pauvret\u00e9. Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent donc \u00e0 la Chambre et au gouvernement d'augmenter la prestation de d\u00e9c\u00e8s du R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires ont calcul\u00e9 la valeur ajust\u00e9e de la prestation en 2025 en fonction de l'inflation, par rapport au montant qui \u00e9tait accord\u00e9 en 1998. Ils demandent donc au gouvernement de porter la prestation de d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 6 400 $ et d'accorder des d\u00e9ductions fiscales et des cr\u00e9dits d'imp\u00f4t aux familles pour les frais fun\u00e9raires et les d\u00e9penses connexes, pour que toutes les familles canadiennes puissent offrir \u00e0 leurs proches des fun\u00e9railles et une inhumation dignes.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/5/27/elizabeth-may-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13525714",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Canada Pension Plan",
        "fr": "Le R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/5/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F5%2F27%2F"
    }
}