Thank you, Wayne.
As Wayne said, my name is Pat Trask. I'm from Saskatchewan. I live in Saskatoon now. I represent the Saskatchewan Seniors Association.
I'm the president of that group and just got that job in June, so I'm not up to par yet with everything I'm supposed to know. Indeed, it was late Friday when I was summoned to replace someone else. I didn't have a lot of background information and I downloaded all my stuff, but I decided I'm not up to par on everything you want to discuss or ask questions on.
As I said, I represent the seniors and the seniors always need more money. They are right on board with us in asking for the increase in the Canada pension plan. I apologize that I'm not a good working part of this committee tonight, but I would answer any questions if you want to know anything about my background or about Saskatchewan in general.