It may be an option, Minister, but there are 12 million Canadians who don't have any savings and don't have any pension. And this proposal is voluntary. You know from our discussions that the NDP has talked about enhancing the CPP because it's mandatory, it's portable, and there's a lot of discussion we could have around that.
But it's the fact that people feel they can't afford to do any serious investment at all. At least if we double the CPP and we increase the premium, which is mandatory, they would be able to pay part of the cost of their future retirement. From the standpoint of the government, I know you see that as an increased taxation. There has to be a balance between the wall that Canadians will hit in 35 years...the 12 million people who have nothing.
Going back to the Canada Pension Plan and increasing that, to be very clear it seems like a—