Mr. Speaker, I welcome my hon. colleague back and congratulate him on his re-election. I look forward to working together.
Seniors have worked hard to build the wonderful country that we have today. We often take for granted the freedom of democracy, the rule of law and what we enjoy. I read an email the other day from a 70-year-old person who was talking about work ethics and integrity and how people have a sense of entitlement.
Our government is providing the infrastructure, the groundwork, to allow individuals to build up. We are rewarding those individuals.
Our strong, stable, national Conservative government is investing in our Canada pension plan so that it is secure, and we will continue to build on that. As I mentioned, in 2006 we put billions of dollars into programs to help seniors, whether it was pension splitting or the 85,000 seniors that we have taken off the tax roll. We will give them another $3,000 to add to their income before they are taxed. There is a lot of opportunities for seniors and a lot of wisdom gained from their volunteer sectors.
I thank the member for his concern for seniors. We will continue to work together to make a stronger and safer community for all.