BUDGET PROMISES TO AID SENIORS

$548 million to improve residential care, invest in primary care, home and community care, and assisted living.

The average payment under the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) program will increase by approximately $930 per year.

As of April 1, senior foot passengers will no longer have to pay to take B.C. Ferries, Mondays through Thursdays.

$445 million for the first three years of a 10-year commitment

to support more than 19,000 affordable rental housing units for

families, individuals, and seniors struggling to find lower-cost rental housing.

The elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums, effective Jan. 1, 2020, will disproportionately help seniors because they tend to be retired, without an employer to pay their premiums, and also have low incomes.

Source: Budget 2018