Well, I agree with the general thrust of your comments.
On the pension issue, I'd point out that the CPP expansion proposal wouldn't in fact involve any expenditure of government funds since the contributions would come from workers and employers in return for benefits.
I guess the other pension proposal we'd make is an increase in the guaranteed income supplement to push all seniors above the poverty line in Canada. That would actually be a very modest cost of under $1 billion. I checked the numbers the other day--the total amount by which the incomes of seniors fall below the line.
In terms of continued stimulus spending in the economy to keep us through this very soft period of economic growth, in our budget brief we did call not just for an expansion of infrastructure funding, which I think creates jobs and makes a permanent investment in our future, but also for the expansion of caring services. That would be very high on our list of priorities. Certainly long-term care for the elderly in the context of a very rapidly aging population is a huge challenge that can't be avoided. And certainly putting in place that child care system, which so many of us have talked about for so long without getting there, would be very high on our priority list.