Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would also like to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
My first question is a bit technical and is for the representatives from the Canadian Labour Congress. It has to do with the changes to the Canada Pension Plan, specifically the allocation of amounts to parents of young children.
You said that there should be a more in-depth study of how the pension benefits are calculated for taxpayers who have looked after their children for a few years and whose incomes were low or zero during this period. The other option the government has is exclusion. In this way, rather than assigning amounts for these years, these amounts would be completely excluded from the calculation. I thought this option was the most advantageous.
You said that it would be desirable to study this question, but could you share your point of view on exclusion? At first glance, do you think this option seems more advantageous?