Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are addressed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment today.
Several times over the last year Members have indicated to the Minister that Income Security changes are required. The one area in particular I’d like to reference is the method of calculation of income for seniors who are living on their own but who may be attended in their own home by a family member because they are unable, physically, to live on their own.
The current policy penalizes the senior’s Income Security payment because the family member’s income is also included in the household income, and the calculation of payments is based on household income. So my question to the Minister is: when can we expect this policy change in the income calculation for seniors living with a family member who is looking after them?