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Canadian government pushed to boost seniors benefit as federal budget looms

Canadian government pushed to boost seniors benefit as federal budget looms

For many Canadian seniors, the weekly grocery trip has become an unwelcome competition – a fight between rising food prices and their limited, fixed incomes. “It’s challenging,” says one senior. “You have to find something hopefully different every day… with a fixed income, you really have to budget and budget hard. You’re very careful, you have to count your pennies.” …

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