Mr. Speaker, in honour of Oscar night I present the top 10 Liberal excuses for keeping the fat cat pension for life plan.
(10) Hey, come on, we work weekends.
(9) The Deputy Prime Minister is going to need it when she resigns for not keeping her campaign promise to scrap the GST.
(8) If it were not for this plan Liberal members would not be of such high quality, like the member for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
(7) It is the only long term financial commitment the government can make.
(6) How else will they afford health care in their golden years?
(5) You do not expect them to rely on the Canada pension plan, do you?
(4) After they retire they will have to pay for their own trips.
(3) There is not room for all of them in the Senate, is there?
(2) If you think about it, their pensions are small when you compare them with the national debt of $550 billion.
(1) The Prime Minister will need the money for a place to stay when the leader of the Reform Party moves into 24 Sussex Drive.