44th Parliament207Open for signatureDecember 1, 2023e-4708e-4708 (Social affairs and equality)ShoshanaPellmanHon.Judy A.SgroHumber River—Black CreekLiberalONDecember 1, 2023, at 3:56 p.m. (EDT)March 30, 2024, at 3:56 p.m. (EDT)Petition to the <Addressee type="2" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">House of Commons in Parliament assembled</Addressee>Whereas:In 2018, the Canadian government announced an End to Poverty Plan which would affect all Canadians;The government introduced the MBM2018 table (Statistics Canada Table 11-10-0066-01) in 2020 as the official poverty line for a family of four in Canada, considering the location of each person resulting in variations in the needed disposable income;The government has been issuing Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments to low-income seniors;The GIS payments are based solely on income;The government issued GIS funds to 2,400,988 low-income seniors in July, August and September 2023;In the case of low-income seniors over 75 the same inequities exist;The government stated that 45,000 low-income seniors were raised out of poverty which is only 5 % per government data; andThere is a disconnect between the poverty line, poverty reduction plan and GIS payments leaving low-income seniors living in poverty.We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to review and amend the Old Age Security Act so that low-income GIS benefits be adjusted in ways that eliminate senior’s poverty (including elimination of inequities that exist for those living in the same location) and include ways to provide added funds for those living in other locations where there exist higher living costs as shown in Statistics Canada Table 11-10-0066-01.Guaranteed Income SupplementPovertySenior citizens