Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to ask a question on this very issue.
I would like to comment first on a figure just given by the hon. member. If the bank managers could hear the statistic that was quoted, they would be delighted if it were reality. For a bank manager to earn $350,000 would be by far the exception rather than the rule in this country, certainly the ones I am personally aware of. Perhaps this shows a lack of a sense of reality in this country.
Has the member calculated how she herself would benefit from this pension plan as compared to other pension plans? I wonder if the Liberal members have done that and then compared it to what they would have earned in another pension plan. I am not familiar with the hon. member's background, but what would her pension have been in her previous occupation?