Mr. Speaker, once again the NDP-led opposition members are trying to stop Canada's economic recovery by moving to kill pro-growth measures Canadians depend on. One of these important measures is to reform our public sector pensions. This was introduced in the jobs and growth act. These reforms will save taxpayers a whopping $2.6 billion and will bring public sector pensions more in line with the private sector.
Our government recognizes that public sector pension plans need to be financially sustainable in the long term. This means that they need to be able to respond to future cost increases in a way that is fair to Canadian taxpayers as well as to plan members and participating employers.
In this fragile global economy, our government is supporting growth and job creation, while the NDP-led opposition members play partisan games. They finally have a chance here. Let us encourage the NDP-led opposition to support these very important measures this afternoon.