Mr. Speaker, one of the things I saw in this budget that alarmed me was the change to the contributions for the Canada pension plan. I have been very concerned about the Canada pension plan because in my province of Alberta there has been a serious attack on it by the Conservative government in that province. I brought forward legislation, Bill C-207, that would protect the CPP, but the government did not choose to do that. In fact, it chose to reduce the contributions. I wonder if that is because our current Liberal government, or should I say Progressive Conservative government, sees the CPP the same way the Conservatives do, as a business tax instead of deferred wages that, in fact, workers have contributed to so they can have a dignified retirement. The CPP is something we should all be proud of in this country. We should be contributing to it so we can ensure that people in our communities can retire with dignity and have that security for their senior years.
I wonder if the member could provide her thoughts on this reduction in the contributions for the CPP.