Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his speech. It was nice to hear his history and his expertise.
PRPPs are all about pensions, so I would like to talk about the broader issue.
Thomas Klassen is a York University political scientist and a leading Canadian on pension reform. He says that the OAS will not cause the federal budget to crash.
Ed Whitehouse, who researches pension policy for the World Bank and who was asked by Ottawa to study and report on how Canada stacks up, said:
--Canada does not face major challenges of financial sustainability with its public pension schemes...there is no pressing financial or fiscal need to increase pension ages in the foreseeable future.
Does the hon. member think that people should be able to expect the rules under which they made their retirement plans will still be in place when they retire?