A sizeable swarm of seniors gathered near the Schubert Centre on Thursday, March 21 to protest low pensions in Vernon and across the country.
Chants of 91裸聊视频渙ne, two, three, four, I am sick and tired of being poor,91裸聊视频� echoed through the streets as the nearly 100 individuals marched downtown to express themselves.
Seniors all across Vernon gathered in the downtown core to march for higher pensions on Thursday
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91裸聊视频淚 am just fed up with hearing about poverty in the city,91裸聊视频� said Carole Fawcett, organizer of the march. 91裸聊视频淥ne woman lived in her car for 14 months, she was 73-years-old. Another one was rent evicted. It was just tiring hearing about all of this.91裸聊视频�
Fawcett was 91裸聊视频渁mazed91裸聊视频� with the amount of individuals who turned out in support, as the march was part of a provincewide Seniors Tin Cup movement. Fawcett previously organized a smaller gathering, in December of 2023.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 so touched to see,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淣ow I just hope the government will do the right thing and raise pensions.91裸聊视频�
According to , 28 per cent of Canada91裸聊视频檚 senior women are living in poverty. If a senior is relying on the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), Guaranteed Income Supplement and Old Age Security (OAS), the average amount provided from all three is from $18-20,000, which is lower than the Canadian poverty threshold of $25,552.
91裸聊视频淢y wife gets a pension and I get OAS and CPP, and we will get money for our house,91裸聊视频� said Mel Piper, one such individual at the protest. 91裸聊视频淏ut once the money from the house is gone, I am afraid we would be SOL as it wouldn91裸聊视频檛 be enough to support us.91裸聊视频�
The Tin Cup movement was started by Sharon Elliot of Vancouver, who witnessed a woman taking bottles and cans out of a garbage can in a nearby park. The woman, who was clean and neatly dressed, told Elliot that she was doing this as she didn91裸聊视频檛 have enough money to live. Elliot realized that soon seniors would be standing on corners, holding tin cups in order to survive each month.
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