Bill C-31 would stop prisoners over 65, like Clifford Olson, from getting Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments courtesy of the taxpayer
Taxpayers Federation testifies against payments to prisoners
OTTAWA: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) Federal Director Kevin Gaudet appeared as a witness in Ottawa today at the federal standing committee for Human Resources Development to encourage MPs to support Bill C-31. Bill C-31 would stop prisoners over 65, like Clifford Olson, from getting Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments courtesy of the taxpayer.
At committee Gaudet said “it’s outrageous that struggling taxpayers are being squeezed twice. First, to house such criminals and then again by lining their pockets with these entitlements. It is this injustice that has to stop and bill C31 does just that.”
Gaudet congratulated the government for moving quickly to introduce the bill and opposition parties for their qualified support for its speedy passage.
The CTF launched a petition in the spring in opposition to these entitlements and gained almost 50,000 signatures in only six weeks.
