{"id":2131,"date":"2013-03-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/27\/rousselle-slams-pequistes-cut-to-low\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","slug":"rousselle-slams-pequistes-cut-to-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/27\/rousselle-slams-pequistes-cut-to-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousselle slams P\u00e9quistes’ cut to low-income seniors’ housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Vimont’s elected representative in Quebec City crossed swords with the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, March 21, over cuts to a program that helps keep seniors at home, rather than move to assisted living.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program lets low-income seniors renovate their house or apartment to enable them to remain there as long as possible in the best conditions,\u201d Jean Rousselle told fellow legislators.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have in my hand a Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d’habitation du Qu\u00e9bec<\/i> (SHQ) directive advising that the program will be axed, on the backs of those over 65,\u201d he told Quebec legislators, \u201csecretly cutting $3.6 million per year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy question is clear: Why is the government still cutting on the backs of the most vulnerable?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have increased the [social housing] budget by $56 million,\u201d replied the minister, Sylvain Gaudreault. \u201cWe have announced and are about to fulfill having 3,000 housing units per year for the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Speaker, the directive doesn’t talk about investment,\u201d retorted Rousselle. \u201cIt talks about cuts. Mayors are concerned about this problem. Living in fear and uncertainty is the last thing that they want for our seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Minister, can you halt the cuts?\u201d he asked, calling for the government to conduct and impact study before proceeding.<\/p>\n

Gaudreault countered that the government has increased the social housing budget in line with Premier Pauline Marois’ promise during the last election campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, with the head of the SHQ, we announced that a number of programs would end next year, together with a review of SHQ programs,\u201d Gaudreault said. \u201cI can assure the member that this legislature and all housing sector stakeholders will be advised in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rousselle’s fellow Liberal legislator Marguerite Blais then rose to remind the minister that he is \u201ccutting a program that helps low-income people aged 65 and over to make small changes to their homes so as to continue to live there safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Minister of Health is telling everyone, everywhere, that he wants to help them remain in their homes, his colleague in housing is cutting the program that helps them do so. This, Mr. Speaker, is inconsistent,\u201d she suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are programs that are reaching their end, that will soon be outdated and we will abandon,\u201d Gaudreault responded. \u201cThat’s clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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