Mr. Speaker, ample notice about getting hosed does not change the fact that we are getting hosed.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to share my time with hon. member for Chambly—Borduas.
I am very happy to rise today to speak in support of this motion.
In this year's budget, the Conservative government laid out plans to raise the age at which Canadians can receive old age security from 65 to 67, claiming, and claiming yet again today, that it is not sustainable because of our aging population. However, economists flatly reject this claim. At the peak of the baby boom retirement wave, the share of GDP spent on OAS will increase by less than 1% over today's level, and then decline again.
There is a clear battle of priorities. Stephen Harper will ask Canadians to work two more years--