Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I've been outside of this hallowed place for 26 meetings, listening to very ordinary Canadians, people who don't necessarily have any real expertise with pensions.
You talked about the three pillars. Those in defined contribution plans or with RRSPs are in serious trouble right now, but I won't go deeper into that.
Mr. Campbell, I agree with you about the fragmentation of how we address this. One of the propositions the NDP has put forward calls for the doubling of CPP. Of course, that's going to be amortized over a long period of time before we accomplish it. It will increase the benefits--I think the maximum today is $907 a month--to $1,814 to form a base and strengthen that one pillar of the two pillars of the public plan.
We understand that sixty-some percent of working Canadians in total, both public and private, have no savings and no pensions at all. I'd like your comment on that.
Then if I could, Ms. Thompson, I'd like to talk to you for a moment about the fact that the NDP has a bill, Bill C-476. Air Canada went through CCAA. We're seeking to have preferred status given to pensions in both CCAA and BIA. I'd like your comments on that, please.