Mr. Chairman, I have several points of clarification.
I too support the amendment to make this effective after the next election, but more important, I have some questions on what the government House leader suggested are adjustments to salary and so on and so forth.
There is the provision that basically every member of parliament would have to opt in to this. Would the government House leader or staff mind providing us with what the actual salary would be if members did not opt in? Would it be $69,100 or $109,500? That is the first question. Second, what would be the percentage of pension based on that? Would it be 4% or 3% on whichever dollar value? Third, would the non-taxable benefit still exist? I suppose you could answer that by saying whether or not it was $69,000 or $109,500. Last, I understand that the original recommended effective date of this was April 2001.
That is all I need. In other words, if members do not opt in, what is their status and where will they go from there?