Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition signed by hundreds and maybe thousands of Canadians right across the country.
The petitioners are calling on the government to affirm that pension benefits are in fact deferred wages, to elevate defined pension benefit plans to secured status in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and in the Canadian Creditors Protection Act, and to pass into law any legislation before it that will achieve these objectives.
I will remind the House that Bill C-501 is a related piece of legislation that is coming up for a vote today.