Mr. Speaker, I said very clearly this year we will be bringing down the seniors benefit, and we will.
Let me tell members something that will not be in it. The Reform Party in one of its recent documents advocated a $3 billion cut in old age pensions. Let it be very clear, that will not be in it.
What we have said is that we are going to protect those who require help. We are going to make sure that, with an aging population, this country can take care of its senior citizens. We are going to do in the future what we did in the past.
This government and the provinces saved the Canada pension plan. The Reform Party voted against it—