Madam Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the key question asked by the hon. member for Lévis. I would like to point out that the hon. member for Lévis has always shown affection and concern for the less fortunate, for whom he has been one of the most distinguished spokespersons since he was elected last October. I want to commend him for that.
Our concern about reducing the deadline from five to one year is, who will pay for this? Who can claim retroactively an OAS cheque or a cheque-