Finance committee  Yes, indeed.

Finance committee  It goes further than that.

Finance committee  Yes, it goes further than that.

Finance committee  It goes further than that. We won't be there.

Finance committee  Yes, we'll all be there.

Finance committee  I'm not sure I follow you.

Finance committee  By worker, we mean a Canadian of working age.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  And I'm not following you. I apologize.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Perhaps I should start before I let my colleague Madame Martel give you that precise information of the gaps and so on, and just explain what proactive enrolment is. This initiative has two aspects to it. The bill would allow the Minister of HRSD to waive the necessity to submit

Finance committee  What I will say is that 11 years of notification compares very well with most countries that have implemented similar changes. Many countries in the OECD have implemented this sort of change.

Finance committee  It's paid for by taxes.

Finance committee  I'm saying that the social safety net is going to be there, but—

Finance committee  —perhaps more importantly, the number of senior Canadians age 65 to 69, for example, has more than doubled in the last 10 years for men and more than tripled for women. That's from Statistics Canada.