Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance.
Canadians are increasingly uneasy and uncomfortable with the fact that big tobacco and corporations blind to human rights, such as Talisman, are profiting from their pensions funds. I am sure the minister might share some of that discomfort himself.
In May of last year the minister said that he would take the whole issue of ethical screening of the CPP investments to the provincial finance ministers.
It is now one year later. What progress can he report? Has he convinced them that ethical screening is an important part of the pension fund of the Canadian people?