The importance of a pension summit is so that all the people who have the authority to make changes—that is, all the finance ministers at all levels of government—have to be around the table and have to concentrate on finding solutions. But at such a summit, there should be representation of knowledgeable representatives of retirees in particular, because those are the people whose futures will be most affected by the changes.
On March 30th, 2010. See this statement in context.