Re: “Seniors are trapped in legislated poverty,” commentary, Jan. 27.

Doreen Marion Gee’s excellent commentary spelled out why so many seniors struggle daily. I guess I should be happy as my Old Age Security increased by $2.14 and my Canada pension by $18 for this year’s payments.

That two per cent increase will go a long way in today’s world. Please, sir, can I have a little more? I’m hungry.

Norm Tandberg

Esquimalt

Re: “Seniors are trapped in legislated poverty,” commentary, Jan. 27.

Your writer opined: “Many elders were blindsided by the ruthless, two-tiered system enforced by Ottawa in 2022, where only seniors age 75 or more received an OAS increase, leaving their younger peers in the dust, regardless of greater need.”

Seriously? Ottawa gives extra money to the over-75 set (just as they might be feeling the pinch from any fixed-income private pension losing its spending power to inflation), and the writer calls that “ruthless”?

If anybody felt blindsided by this, it’s more likely to be younger taxpayers who are funding this.

By all means, argue for an increased GIS for the elderly in dire straits or with disabilities, but to demand that recent retirees, who’ve had 40 plus years to plan for this, get a pay increase at the expense of taxpayers seems a case of entitlement.

Liz Pogue

(retiree, age less than 75)

West Shore

For those Albertans waiting in long lines to sign the form to separate from Canada, I say that there are much shorter lines to fill in their request to emigrate to Trumpland.

They should use their time wisely. Also, kudos to our Canadian prime minister, who is speaking out and standing up to Donald........

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