Letter: The city is sacrificing seniors to save $200K?

Again I find myself questioning the decisions made by our leaders.

This decision being directed at our seniors. The city has decided to raise the age of qualification from 55 to 65 years old. The reason was to save around $200,000.

Was it not just a short time ago that the city announced it had found $6 million? Seems $200,000 is a small drop in the bucket and especially at the sake of our seniors.

Some reasoning behind this decision was that there are young families who are struggling to make ends meet, so let’s make more people struggle, makes perfect sense to me.

Our seniors still pay taxes (and yes, with a little help), still have to eat (no help there), still have to pay heat and hydro and/or rent.

The difference being that our seniors have already been paying for many years, and if they can be given just a little break, who’s it going to hurt?

The $0.07 raise on Old Age Security cheques certainly isn’t going to pay for the ridiculous cost of fresh produce or meat.

Lynne Desbiens
Garson