Tremendous then. That's great.
Despite the fact that he is from another party, I was delighted to hear my friend and colleague, John McCallum, say earlier that the Liberals would support our bill. I'm very pleased about this because the time for hemming and hawing is over.
The current round of consultations has been pushed back. We agreed to do this because there was apparently going to be a far-reaching study presented in Whitehorse. That amounted to very little. We are starting our work and they want to further consult which would push things back until May. There is no justification for not acting this spring.
These are the same Conservatives who said that they would never accept their House of Commons pension, all of whom have now accepted it. Now I think it's about time for them to start doing something for everyday Canadians' pensions.
I'd like to hand the floor over to my friend and colleague from Thunder Bay.