Opposition MP's are calling for an increase to the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors.During debate yesterday, Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty plead the case of an Atikokan resident who was having difficulty paying for electricity as a reason for the increase.
"I asked if he had tried some strategies to reduce the use of electricity," says Rafferty. "He told me that he uses one light bulb and every second day he unplugs the refrigerator. That is what seniors go through in this country. That is what seniors go through in my riding."
Rafferty blames the HST as a turning point for many seniors forced into poverty.
