Mr. Speaker, I want to speak for just a few minutes to the amendments that I have now moved. I thank the House for that indulgence.
I would urge all members to vote in favour of these amendments because they fix the problem that the government is creating with this legislation. The government is trying to get its big clammy meat hooks on money which does not belong to it. It is wrong for it to do that.
As I have said, there are several solutions to this. One of them is to just leave the money where it is. It assures the taxpayers. It protects the taxpayers against future losses as the demographics change, and they most likely will. It puts a bit of a security blanket on the fund. The motions put forward by the Reform Party will do just that. They will protect both the people who are the employees and the taxpayers via the government.
I urge all members to support the motions put forward in the name of the Reform Party and in my name because this is what will be accomplished.
I think it is very important for us not to support, as the government is doing, going ahead with the bill unamended and just ramming it through. It is just wrong. It is not the way to treat the employees of the government, the servants of the people. It is just unconscionable.