Mr. Chair, I appreciate the comments from my colleague, but let me reassure him that as a Liberal Party and as the official opposition, everything we do in terms of trying to improve things for Canadians we do in consultation. We would not for a minute think that we could just barrel through and not have consultations with the provinces and territories.
In fact, to suggest that maybe they would not be receptive to any kind of improvements does not speak very well in terms of what this member thinks of the provinces and territories and their leadership on this particular file.
Clearly, we will be doing everything we can and we have had ongoing discussions in terms of consultations on this particular issue. Those consultations will continue to exist.
To suggest that there are other ways that people can compensate for not having a pension, we all know that having access to a pension that is secure is the security that Canadians look forward to having so that they can live in comfort in their retirement and not be at the beck and call or the whim of what is happening in the marketplace.