Mr. Speaker, as far as I am aware, the government of that day did have a very close look at fixing the plan and made some recommendations to the parliamentary committee on finance to have a look at it.
However, it was not fixed but hopefully the Liberal government was able to look the recommendations that we made at the time and was able come to the conclusion that something needed to be done.
We all support a good, sound Canada pension plan. It is very important that Canadians have that. Under the current numbers, contributions to the plan will exceed benefits by 2021. I give the former Minister of Finance and the government full marks for doing a good job on fixing the plan. By 2010 the CPP assets will equal $142 billion and by 2050 they will approach $1.6 trillion.
We all have to be very vigilant to make sure the plan remains very sound because we do have an aging population who will be looking for the benefits under this plan by even greater numbers in the future.
However, as I said a moment ago, we have always been concerned. No matter what political party has been in power, we have always been very concerned about making sure that the CPP remains sound and viable for seniors and those of us who will be drawing from it in the future.