Minister, in solving this problem, you've created another problem in terms of a date that conflicts with a territorial election, which will have an adverse impact on the territory in terms of conducting two elections on the same date.
It does solve one problem. It's not a problem that Canadians have, but it's a problem that NDP-Liberal politicians have, which is that soon-to-be-defeated NDP and Liberal MPs, who would not qualify for their pensions, will suddenly collect their pensions. They're going to pad their pockets. That's what the effect of it would be. It's to pad the pockets of soon-to-be-defeated NDP and Liberal MPs.
The fact that you profess ignorance of that fact is only because you've been caught. The fact that you're willing to back down is because you've been caught. Canadians have realized that this is exactly what you did or tried to do.
I'm going to put the question to you once again. It's a question you refused to answer when Mr. Duncan asked you.
Whose idea was it to pad your pockets? Was it your idea or was it the leader of the NDP's idea?