Thank you, Madam Chair. I will share my time with my colleague.
Thank you for coming, ladies. I have two small questions for you.
You say that 64% of your members are women. However, you also said that as of March 31, 2008, the average annual retirement benefit paid to women was $17,061, which is 62.7% of the annual average amount paid to their retired male counterparts. Can you explain why? Is it because you have not yet reached pay equity? Are women paid lower salaries?
On another subject, on page 6 of your document, you say that it is possible to accumulate, subject to certain conditions, pensionable service during leave without pay for family obligations. Did you achieve this as a result of collective bargaining?
My last question is about the 30 billion dollars that you lost. How come you let those slip away?