Mr. Speaker, I do not need briefing notes or the hypocrisy of the Reform Party on this issue.
Remember the great announcement of the 10 per cent pay cut? I understand it is tough. They had a press conference. They gave away the keys to the limo, but the leader of the Reform Party is fighting right now to end the 10 per cent pay cut.
Could it be that the Reform Party is finally beginning to understand that the salary of a member of Parliament is $20,000 less than the salary of a secondary school principal in this community?
We have promised pension reform. We will deliver pension reform, but unlike the Reform Party we will not prop up the notion that politicians are here at the top.
I said yesterday, and I will say it again, my father spent 16 years in public life. When he left he was unable to walk; he was unable to go to the bathroom on his own; and his pension was $160 a month. I will not apologize for paying politicians what they are worth.