The NDP is out with a platform specific for northern Ontario. It includes more funding for seniors homes and programs to eliminate senior poverty.
Thunder Bay Rainy River MP John Rafferty says they're big issues in this area.
"Many seniors can't pay their electric bill, can't put food on the table," says Rafferty. "They might be in perfectly good health otherwise. They live in their own home. We proposed to Mr. Flaherty long before this election that we need to increase G.I.S. immediately to ensure that we don't have any senior living in poverty in this country."
The platform also calls for increases to FEDNOR and ensuring it's a stand alone agency.
