Mr. Speaker, we expect the CPP Investment Board to operate on the basis upon which it was created, that is to make prudent investments, to do so on the basis that we need to see the fund meet the requirements of Canadians for their pension incomes in decades ahead. We know from experience that long term investments such as those that it has been making will pay those dividends.
In the House of Commons on November 19th, 2002. See this statement in context.