Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'm reviewing the subamendment. I'm still learning French, so if any of our francophone colleagues see any issues in the translation, please let us know, though I certainly trust the tremendous House of Commons team tasked with doing that work.
I'll further expand on why I think this subamendment is necessary.
Mr. Lawrence was talking about this earlier. We have—and I'm very glad about this—a situation in which our CPP system is solvent. Canadians don't need to worry. We also know the economy has its peaks and valleys and its ups and downs. No one knows what the future holds. I would have liked to make a suite of changes to the reporting requirement. Again, we have to look forward, not backward. One thing that all of us need to accept is that no one can say what the future will hold. If we're going to talk about long-term sustainability, which is a key part of what we're trying to do here, we need to envision all these different outcomes.
I have some questions for our witness and official, Mr. Countryman.
I appreciate your patience on this, sir.
To set the stage for these things, do you agree that all the things mentioned in this subamendment are scenarios that could affect the overall health and sustainability of the pension fund?