Seniors Tin Cup march happens in Terrace, Vernon, Ladysmith and other B.C. locations
A White Rock woman who wants to draw attention to seniors’ poverty is organizing a local event to highlight the issue – and she’s hoping plenty will turn out to support the cause.
“There’s a lot of that going on. We did run into one woman uptown who is a senior living on the streets,” Reid said. Reid said seniors who rely on the Canadian Pension Plan, Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement are receiving less than $18,000 to $20,000, but the Canadian poverty threshold is $25,252 a year.
People can work hard their whole lives and not have enough money for retirement for a number of reasons and often, women are affected more than men, Reid noted, especially women who may have worked hard taking care of the home and children, while not necessarily earning an income for that work.
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