Thank you, Mr. Wallace.
As you know, in the last year or so I have appeared twice before the House committee of finance talking about pension reform, and in front of the Senate committee. Also Mr. Flaherty was very kind to invite us to his round table on pension reform, and Mr. Menzies was quite kind.
Going back to the documents I gave you--they in fact go back to 2004--we were trying to get this issue clearly front and centre long before Nortel was addressing this issue.
Yes, it would please me--I'd be very happy--if the minister and the government would pick up this bill and make it part of, if you like, a total reform package on pension reform. I think nothing could be better or wiser. It's always great when it's total reform. But having been around this place for coming up 25 years, sometimes you take your chunks where you can get them and you move forward.
I do agree with you somewhat. A lot of private members' bills do raise the issue and bring it forward. They do push governments, opposition, and people to work together to move forward to get something.
At this time, we have nothing except this bill.