Quebecs action on behalf of seniors deemed insufficient: survey – Montreal [Video]

Five years after the start of the pandemic that decimated and killed a generation of seniors, barely a quarter of Quebecers are satisfied with the government’s action on behalf of seniors.

These are the findings of a Segma survey conducted on behalf of the Coalition for the Dignity of Seniors and obtained by The Canadian Press.

The data was collected in late December and early January, but has just been made public on the anniversary of the first lockdown, five years ago, in 2020.

No less than 68.2 per cent of those surveyed consider government action in favour of seniors to be unsatisfactory. Of these respondents, a quarter (24.1 per cent) considered it very unsatisfactory.

With less than two weeks to go before the tabling of what is likely to be a difficult budget, the CAQ government has received both an unfavourable report card and a clear message in favour …