Thank you.
I was a member of Parliament when the retirement pension crisis hit the United States. It was a mess, an appalling foul-up. Quebeckers or Canadians who had earned their living in the United States were fleeced. It took enormous effort to correct only part of the situation. The bill before us would allow us to finish the correction.
I am very surprised at the government's position today, a position that seems to be shared by the Liberal Party. This is a private member's bill, but we are certainly going to support it. In any event, thanks to Mr. Wallace's motion, there will be a one hour debate in the House.
I think that that is a bad solution. Instead, we could have allowed a motion that would have been opposed anyway, but that would have simply removed the clauses so that the debate could go back to the House. Now we are going to have to declare our positions on the substance of the matter. For the people of Quebec and of Canada, this is perhaps the best solution. It will allow them to see where each of us stands on the way in which we treat our pensioners.