Mr. Speaker, I was interested in my colleague's comments about how well the government has done with regard to pensions. I want to raise with him what I consider to be a gross injustice perpetrated by the Prime Minister when he was finance minister and which has continued on for nine years. I am speaking about the pensions received by Canadians residing in Canada, those who are receiving social security benefits from the United States.
In 1996 Canada entered into a treaty with the United States around its taxing of Canada pension plan benefits in the United States and social security benefits here in Canada. The United States continued taxing CPP benefits to Canadians but the Canadian government at the time changed the formula and is now over-taxing. This has been admitted on a number of occasions. There has been no movement by the government to deal with this issue.
I wonder if my friend could address that. Is he willing to press his government to finally get some justice for these people?