Irene's Posts

Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP): Mr. Speaker, this week, before Remembrance Day, is not a time for partisan rhetoric. We should be focused on improving care for veterans and their families. We should all agree that impoverished veterans deserve a proper burial service equal to the sacrifice that they made for this country.

I would like to ask the minister, once again, does he believe that every veteran who serves this country deserves a proper and dignified burial service?

Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON: Mr. Speaker, the question I have for my colleague has to do with the pension provisions that we saw in the budget and now we see in this omnibus bill.

THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION’S CRITIC FOR PENSIONS TABLES A MOTION TO STUDY A PART OF BILL C-45

OTTAWA —The Official Opposition’s Critic for Pensions, Irene Mathyssen, has just tabled the following motion in the House of Commons:

Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent to move the following motion:

 OTTAWA - Yesterday the Conservatives attempted to undermine the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Auditor General by releasing their own contradictory report on the changes to old age security.

"Arms length auditors with no political motivation have been unequivocally clear. The Conservatives did not need to cut OAS and GIS. They are sustainable," said NDP Pensions Critic Irene Mathyssen. "This report is an underhanded attempt to justify an unnecessary and unpopular cut to the OAS."

IRENE MATHYSSEN, (London—Fanshawe, ON): Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from people across the country who are very concerned about the government's changes to old age security, because it will have a very negative impact on the poorest seniors in our country. In fact, changing the age of eligibility for OAS from 65 to 67 will cost each and every senior about $12,000 every year.