Mr. Speaker, I do not think the member for Yukon quite understood my earlier question. It is my fault I am sure for not explaining it very well. I will try again.
I have a great deal of difficulty, coming from a riding in which there are a few unions, understanding the logic that the union is claiming ownership of this $30 billion of alleged surplus, even though it cannot increase its benefits because its benefits are fixed and even though this $30 billion surplus has actually come from the taxpayers. It has come from the ordinary small people, the barbers and the grocery clerks and these small people in my riding who do not have the protection of a union and do not have a circumstance where they can put in $30 and get $70 from the government. However, that money from the government is coming from those grocery clerks and those small people in my riding.
That money could be invested more wisely and get a better return. We see the same kind of conflict we had with the Quebec pension plan which invested wisely and aggressively and is a much healthier plan than the Canadian pension plan which invested only in safe instruments. Is it not better for the small people, the ordinary taxpayers, that we try to use this money in a way that actually reduces taxes for ordinary Canadians?