As I was saying, the system has three levels. The Canada Pension Plan is the first level, which covers all workers in the system, regardless of where they work. In other countries, that's not necessarily the case; it doesn't seem to cover all parts of the workforce.
The old age pension is something almost no other country has. It's one that doesn't require your having been simply in the paid workforce; it covers unpaid work as well. It's measured on the basis of your contribution to Canadian society. Most other countries find this outstanding. They don't understand how we ever even invented it. It has a significant cost to the government, which pays it every year, and again, it's found in almost no other place in the world.
Many of the benefits we have, which I've already mentioned, like survivors and like the GIS, are paid to women on a vastly disproportionate basis. Again, these kinds of benefits just aren't found anywhere else. In terms of the gender aspect of our programs, most countries find that very surprising.
There are many other points that could be made about how our system is built to spread risk and cost across contributory-based schemes, tax dollars, and investments. Most other countries don't have that kind of diversification in their system so it creates this kind of stability that few other countries in the world actually have and many others wish they did have. In general, that's the reason we consider it to be one of the best.