Advocates call for tax breaks for single seniors as cost of living rises

Advocacy group recommended 5 tax breaks to finance committee members

Image | Malcolm Roberts

Caption: Malcolm Roberts looks over documents at his home in Kelowna, B.C., on Wednesday. His wife, Eleanor, died in 2021, changing his income and tax situation. (Brady Strachan/CBC)Some B.C. seniors who used to rely on a spouse or partner to afford the basics and now live alone say they cannot keep up with the rising cost of living."I don’t regard myself as poor," said Malcolm Roberts. "When you become a single senior and you lose all of those couples benefits, that does impact you a lot."Roberts, 76, […]

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