GIS clawback scandal another reason to demand an inquiry into Canada’s most vulnerable

At every step along this tortuous journey, public officials and legislators who could have prevented these months of gruelling harm to seniors dropped the ball.

Seniors Minister Kamal Khera told a Senate committee in late February that seniors experiencing dire financial hardship would see a lump-sum repayment of their lost GIS benefits in March—but there was no communication that affected seniors would have to contact their MPs’ offices before Feb. 28 to get it, writes Kathleen Finlay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KATHLEEN FINLAY

April 1, 2022

Nothing has lifted the curtain on the most vulnerable in Canada like the pandemic. First Nations populations, racialized communities, victims of opioid dependence, women facing intimate partner abuse, people living with emotional and physical disabilities and low-income seniors are among those who...

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