To be honest with you, I don't know the rate that the CPP is paying in terms of survivor benefits, whether it's a fixed amount or a percentage. We have to keep in mind that if we compare what the CPP pays to a person who worked for 30 or 35 years, the contribution that comes from the CPP is deemed to replace only 25% of the salary earned during the person's working life.
As I mentioned, I don't know the rate that the CPP pays to survivors, but I've never seen any pension plan, whether it's public or private, that would give full benefits to the survivor.
Survivors of people who rely only on CPP and OAS are poor. We don't have to know the percentage that the survivors get. As long as we know that the retiree gets a very low benefits cheque, we know that the amount given to the survivor is going to be lower. You cannot expect more than $10,000 or $11,000 from CPP per year.