Secretary of State for Seniors Stephanie McLean, centre, at the SHOAL Community Centre doing a balancing exercise class with community members, Patricia Sembaliuk, left, and Peri Van Alstine, right, in Sidney, B.C., on Aug. 20.

Canadian retirees have been waiting for months to see whether the Liberals will follow through on relief measures promised during the election campaign , and now they have an answer.

In an interview with The Globe and Mail, MP Stephanie McLean, secretary of state for seniors, said the government plans to follow through on the proposed policy changes for both guaranteed income supplement (GIS) payments and registered retirement income fund (RRIF) accounts, though it is not clear when those measures will take effect.

“We’ve made these promises to Canadians. We fu

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