Département de science politique
Faculté des sciences sociales

Université Laval

Because many seniors live on fixed incomes, we will introduce a new Seniors Price Index to make sure that Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement benefits keep up with seniors’ actual rising costs.

Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 7)

" The Government is committed to ensuring that Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement benefits keep pace with the actual costs of living faced by seniors. The Government is therefore looking at how a new Seniors Price Index that reflects the cost of living faced by seniors could be developed. " ("Growing the Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017)

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