Let me say first of all that there is no consensus among the provinces and the Government of Canada on increases to the Canada Pension Plan at this time. We've had lots of discussion about it, and I'm not saying it will not happen in the future if there is a consensus among the provinces. As you know, the provinces and the federal government together govern the Canada Pension Plan, but right now there is no consensus.
There is a consensus to proceed with the pooled registered pension plan, which will help people who work for smaller businesses to have the same advantage as people who work for larger businesses, which have their own pension plans. People who work for smaller businesses will have a pooled pension plan that will give them the strength and investment advice obtainable in larger pension plans.
This isn't the time, in our view, to impose new financial burdens on employers. As your colleague was saying earlier, we have an unemployment problem and we want businesses to hire more people. We don't want to take funds away from businesses through mandatory contributions to an increased Canada Pension Plan because that would reduce their ability to hire people.