Thank you, Madam Chair. I agree we disagree because, really at the end of the day, I look at these seniors, even if they have money. They have a choice: they can stay in the Territories or they can leave. If we don't give them the little bit of support even to help them and keep them here, that is $35,000 roughly a year. If there are two of them, that is $70,000 that we are getting from the feds. It just doesn't make sense to me to say, "No, we can't really help them." They have been paying taxes and they have been contributing, as well, all their lives, just like a senior that maybe is not as well off. I see where you are coming from, but at the same time, I guess we kind of have to look at the bigger picture because those same seniors who maybe you are saying can afford something also contribute to the community, as well, after the fact. I think we have to look at that, and there is a cost associated with it. When we say we are going to put money into keeping seniors in their place and we don't really know what the benefit is, then maybe we don't really have to spend any money in keeping them in their place. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rocky Simpson on Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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