The seniors benefit increase by 5 percent in the 2023 provincial budget, and while Seniors Advocate, Susan Walsh says “something better than nothing,” it is not what her office was looking for.
Walsh released a report last Thursday into what they heard during consultations with seniors across the province with the cost of living being the top concerns.
She says the increase see seniors get a maximum of an extra $72 a year.
Their budget submission proposed in indexed benefit and they still stand by that proposal.
Walsh says they wanted changes to the formula for calculating the benefit so that those above the $29,000 threshold would receive more.