Mr. Speaker, the hon. member may think that he has torn some incredible admission from the government.
This government, many months ago at a finance minister's meeting with the provinces, set out very clearly that premiums may have to go up, that there may have to be a change in the benefits.
It may well be that the member is only now coming to this conclusion, but it is one that most Canadians realized after the chief actuary issued his report some time ago on the CPP.
On the question of jobs, if members take a look at what is happening at the present time, over the course of the last three months nearly 135,000 new jobs have been created. Since this government was elected, well over 500,000 jobs have been created.
We are providing jobs in the new economy. We are providing jobs for young people. We are providing the kind of jobs that are permanent. That is what the statistics demonstrate.