Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister for being here with us today to speak on Bill C-30.
I also want to note that I very much appreciate that you've mentioned that you're very happy to take questions on inflation. Inflation is indeed an extraordinarily important study that is before our committee right now. I'm also very happy that my colleagues on the other side are taking the opportunity to ask questions.
You've been talking a bit about the pandemic and you've mentioned some of the positive track record that we have as we're coming out of COVID. We indeed have had a remarkable return to growth coming out of the lockdown days of COVID. You've mentioned the top GDP growth of the G7 this year, the recovery of over 100% of our jobs, and our low debt-to-GDP ratio, but I will say to you, despite all of this, that if I talk to people in my riding of Davenport, they will say that they continue to be worried. They see the rising costs of food. They see that in general their cost of living is going up. They're a little worried because it's unpredictable for them and it seems like there is no end in sight.
I know that we have a number of new targeted measures that we're introducing to help with the increased cost of living, but can you spend a minute or two to tell us why it continues to be important for Canadians to be contributing to the Canada pension plan and to employment insurance?