Mr. Speaker, Canadians will not be fooled by the government's half hearted attempt at MP pension reform because really nothing has changed.
MPs pensions will still be unacceptably high and Canadians will still be forced to top up the trough to the tune of $7 million annually.
The President of the Treasury Board said these changes will save taxpayers over $3 million a year. That would just about cover the Deputy Prime Minister's pension under the new plan.
Why did the government not replace the entire MP pension scheme with a more realistic private plan such as others live with outside these walls?