On the Brink: More Ontario retirees speak out about cost of living woes

Seniors are struggling, with costs rising and their retirement incomes not what they used to be.

With costs rising and their retirement incomes not what they used to be, many Ontario seniors are struggling.

Following the relaunch of Global News’ On the Brink series, we received multiple replies from people who said they are in a similar situation to that of the couple featured.

Sharon McArthur, 74. and her 73-year-old husband, Wayne Gattinger, from Brooke-Alvinston, Ont., talked about how the cost of living has led them to have to stop having family dinners because.

Wendy Colman, 69, from Cornwall, Ont., lives with her daughter and granddaughter and said it is sad that things have reached this point.

She said over the last few years, she has been struggling with the cost of living in retirement.

“It’s hard on people, and I never thought that would be retirement,” she said. “No one had that conversation.”

Dawn Chaffe, 68, lives in St. Catherine’s, Ont., and said living on a single income has been hard.

“A lot of these people that are retired around me, nobody’s doing great, but because I’m single, it means you’re surviving on one CPP and old age security,” he said.