“Madam Speaker, the leader of the official opposition talks a lot about affordability. For millions of Canadians, affordability is not about tax cuts or corporate profits. It is about whether they can actually pay their bills, of course. This is particularly challenging for seniors. I think about Bev, a senior in my constituency who is very worried about becoming unhoused. Seniors are the population fastest becoming unhoused in the country right now. My question is simple. Will the Conservative Party commit to specific measures to help seniors afford groceries, such as increasing income supports, strengthening the guaranteed income supplement and indexing benefits to the real cost of living? Will the member commit to that now?”
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Promise 20%Claims 69%Positioning 11%
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Madam Speaker, Promise · 28 wordsabsolutely, benefits should be indexed to the real cost of living.Absolutely, we will always support measures to make life affordable for our seniors, to save seniors money.Vague promiseClaims · 98 wordsThat is the opposite of what the Liberal government has done over the last decade by inflating the cost of living with record deficits.This year, the deficit is the biggest it has ever been outside COVID.1Government spending as a share of GDP is the highest it has been since 1996.2That inflation is destroying the savings and purchasing power of our hard-working seniors.They are getting less for the money they set aside.On top of that, their adult children have to come asking for help for a down payment or just to avoid rent eviction.Positioning · 16 wordsWe are fighting for these seniors, for their kids, for all generations and for Canada’s promise.PositioningVague promise
