Mr. Chairman, that is precisely it. If the MP in question had 12 years or more of service, the individual would in fact receive 18 months of severance. The supplementary severance, to repeat what I said, is identical as far as I know to the one in the Ontario legislature that is in existence for its members who have opted out of the pension plan. That is basically where the idea came from. I reason it to be very similar.
In the House of Commons on June 11th, 1998. See this statement in context.