Mr. Speaker, this government appears particularly sneaky. First it told Canadians that MP pension reform would save taxpayers over $3 million. It did not mention the fact that Canadian taxpayers would have to top up the trough annually to the tune of $7 million.
The government told Reformers that we could opt out if we found the pension scheme a little too rich for our blood. What it did not say was that future MPs will be forced to join this obscene pension plan.
My question is for the Minister of Finance. Why has the government limited the opting out provision to current MPs only? How deep is this cabinet's commitment to real pension reform?