Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his speech but also for his important work with the parliamentary association for Canada-U.K. He talked about irritants with this trade deal. He heard earlier from my colleague from Nanaimo—Ladysmith about the 136,000 recipients of the U.K. state pension who live here in Canada, many of them in my riding. Their pensions' annual indexes have been frozen since they arrived, unlike those of U.K. pensioners living in countries such as the U.S., Germany, Italy and Barbados.
Pensions are deferred wages. This is theft as far as I am concerned, and it is a significant irritant. Many of these folks are veterans who served Britain. They have been school teachers, nurses and doctors. I am wondering if the member agrees that this should be discussed when we are talking about trade deals, and it certainly is his important role in leading our group. Again, I want to thank him for his service.