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   The Canadian Press - Monday, Aug. 24, 2015   
      
   Mulcair promises to boost guaranteed income supplement for seniors   
      
   TORONTO --   
      
   NDP Leader Tom Mulcair took his campaign to downtown Toronto today to announce   
   that he would boost an old-age benefit.   
      
   Mulcair says an NDP government would raise the guaranteed income supplement by   
   $400 million, in addition to reversing a Conservative plan to raise the   
   eligibility for old age security from 65 to 67.   
      
   Stephen Harper accompanies Finance Minister Joe Oliver as he makes his way to   
   deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.   
      
   Mulcair says the NDP would also consult with experts and stakeholders before   
   bringing in the change, but he says he doesn't think there's a "single senior   
   living in poverty" who will be against the plan.   
      
   The NDP wasn't able to say how much more money seniors would see under the   
   plan because it will vary between regions, but those living under the poverty   
   line will see an increase.   
      
   Mulcair is also proposing to bring the eligibility for old age security back   
   to 65 from 67, saying the former parliamentary budget officer found the system   
   had been sustainable before Stephen Harper introduced that change.   
      
   Mulcair has not yet released the details of how he will pay for his promises,   
   but says he will release a fully costed platform.   
      
      
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