I'd like to just go back and look at what this amendment says. It says that the finance committee make a report to the House of Commons recommending the government “raise the issue of child rearing and disability drop out provisions at the next Provincial and Territorial Finance Ministers meeting in December, in the context of the triennial review of the Canada Pension Plan”.
That's something the government can do at any time anyway, on its own. His original motion was just to make a recommendation to the House that these provisions be included. Again, to me this seems to be more where the government has said, okay, an issue has been identified, and we'll just try to fill it with this. I don't see what the rush of government is on this. These CPP enhancements wouldn't be in place until, what, 2019? What is the absolute rush?
I'd like to hear from some of the members on this. I'd also like to hear from members on why they wouldn't support Mr. Duvall's original motion and instead proposed this one. Maybe Ms. O'Connell could mention why she's put this forward.