Mr. Speaker, I would like to comment and make some response on the present plan we want to bring in. Had we not brought in these measures within this pension plan it would have gone up to 14.3 percent. This is almost the same as they are proposing to have as their super RRSPs. I think Canadians have confidence in the government. Canadians want to be sure that when they retire there will be a pension plan there for them. Canadians want to be sure that the future is more secure.
The hon. member was talking about the MP pension plan. I think he has just been elected. I wonder if he knows the policies of his own party. As a matter of fact, there was a member here in the last Parliament who wanted to increase the pay of members of Parliament to $150,000. I think he should be asking his own party some of those questions.
We have put proposals in the House that address the issues of today and not of yesterday. When he asks about pensions I hope he will stay here long enough to see the measly pension we will receive. I hope he can stay in the House in order to qualify for it.