Madam Speaker, first, I want to thank my hon. colleague from Davenport for his comments, but I do not necessarily share in his invitation to the Canadian Alliance to show some creativity in its response to the Canada pension plan. The last time the Canadian Alliance, I think it was then the Reform Party, put forward proposals with respect to the Canada pension plan, it suggested that we turn the whole thing over to the market. Had we accepted the advice of that party, today there would be literally tens of thousands of pensioners in Canada with absolutely no pension whatsoever. I do not think we want to ask those members for ideas about the security of elderly people in the country.
I would like to ask the hon. member a specific question with respect to the Canada pension plan funds. Does he agree that there should be a form of ethical screening in the investment of these funds?
For instance, the Caisse de dépôt et placement has rules to make sure that it does not invest in corrupt countries.
Does the hon. member agree that there should be stricter guidelines to ensure ethical investment? Here particularly I would give the example of the shameful investment by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Talisman oil, Talisman oil which is fueling the bloody civil war in Sudan. Does the hon. member agree that there should be an ethical screen in the investments of this public pension fund?