Madam Speaker, the member asked for the facts. Let me give the facts.
"There is widespread anxiety, particularly among the young, that the public pension system will not be there for them when they retire". That is a direct quote from the Minister of Finance. "First
the CPP must be put on a sound financial footing and done so in a way that is sustainable, affordable and fair". Another direct quote from the Minister of Finance.
Carrying on: "Clearly, the government should have acted some time ago to address this problem". A direct quote from the Minister of Finance. I can go on and on.
The point I am trying to make is that seniors and everybody else listened to the Liberals when they said jobs, jobs, jobs, when they said that is going to be there for them. The Liberals told Canadians not to worry about their pensions because they would make sure they will be there. What did we find out? There were no answers coming from the government. The facts speak for themselves. These were direct quotes from the budget speech by the Minister of Finance to this House on March 6, 1996.