WHEREAS: A clause in Bill C-65 proposes that the date of the next General Election be moved back by one week, from October 20, 2025, to October 27, 2025;
WHEREAS: Members of Parliament elected in 2019 currently become eligible for their pensions on October 21, 2025, and moving the election date back by one week will make these Members of Parliament eligible to receive their pensions they otherwise would not be entitled to receive; and
WHEREAS: the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation estimates this pension cash grab will cost Canadians up to $120,000,000;
THEREFORE, we, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled to amend Bill C-65 to remove this pension cash grab.