Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I find this quite rich, actually, coming from my Conservative colleagues, who said yesterday, before there were any motions, that they would not support CPP at all. This indignation about the importance of this enhancement over the issue of child rearing and disability dropouts seems quite ironic to me, considering they don't support CPP enhancement at all.
While I appreciate the member's comments, and his speaking up for the NDP....
You spoke yesterday, saying you don't support any of it, so I find it rich that you're a champion for women or persons with disabilities.
As well, there's the suggestion that the original motion is better because this one sends, if I heard it correctly, a meaningless report to the government. I would much rather act in meaningful ways, and meaningful ways means that the minister takes this forward. It is the responsibility of the minister to work with his provincial colleagues. If there are enhancements that need to be done, if there are improvements that need to be done, they actually get done—not through some symbolic gesture from the NDP, quite frankly.
Mr. Duvall, I respect you a lot. I really appreciate the comments you've made. I think you're doing the job of raising these issues, but I would much rather deal in meaningful ways, and if change needs to happen, then change can happen with those.
Frankly, I will not take advice or guidance on fighting on behalf of women or persons with disabilities from members who said at the onset that they don't support any of it.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.