Madam Speaker, I rise to speak in favour of Bill C-2. I also rise to speak to the motions in Group 6.
One of the motions put forward by a party opposite indicates that the proposed amendment would remove new investigative powers and administrative penalty provisions designed to prevent fraud and to allow for remedial action outside of court processes.
We oppose this motion for the simple reason that client rights are protected by the availability of full appeal rights pertaining to all matters within this bill and arising from the imposition of an administrative penalty.
These new investigative powers align the Canada pension plan with old age security and with current provisions of the EI act.
The previous speaker spoke rather scurrilously about Bill C-2. I was reminded of something which Mark Twain once said. He said that there are lies, there are damn lies and then there are statistics. The hon. member for Cariboo—Chilcotin played fast and loose with the statistics.
He was making disparaging remarks about the CPP and endorsing RRSPs. RRSPs are not guaranteed. People can invest their money in RRSPs and lose it, but if they invest their money in the Canada pension plan it is guaranteed by the federal government. It is a pension plan.