Mr. Chair, I cannot sit idly by and let a statement such as that last one go unanswered.
Does that hon. member not understand who holds pension funds, who contributes to pension funds, wherein pension funds are invested, where RRSPs gain their money from? That is an incredibly naive statement for that hon. member to make.
That is what fuels the economy in this country. That is what people's RRSPs are invested in: companies that make a profit. If we took the advice of the NDP and ran every company, every business, out of this country, the RRSPs would go with them. The RRSPs would be in the toilet. Then we would have the pension crisis that the hon. member refers to.
It is incredibly naive for any individual, some learned person who stands in this House and professes to understand the economy, to make such a statement that if we chase the companies away from this country, chase the job creators out of this country, we would have any pension fund left whatsoever, that we would have any bank that would want to fund RRSPs. We would then have a pension crisis.
I realize there is no question in that, just a clarification of fact or reality.