Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her question. I am sorry I cannot answer in French, but this is a difficult subject for me.
I thank the member for acknowledging that we try to bring a human lens to the work we do.
The government has the ability to make these changes. As I read from the report, there are two concrete things that New Democrats think need to happen, and I think the member would agree that they could happen immediately. The Government of Canada could eliminate the marriage after 60 clause from all pension legislation, and Veterans Affairs Canada could distribute the veterans survivors fund to the identified survivors. It is the “immediately” piece here.
I agree with her: It is frustrating when we come to this place, and there is a bit of a thoughts and prayers mentality, with people saying, “Shoot, I sure wish that we could get something done here. Shoot, let's do another study and a round table and maybe have a consultation.”
We can do it now, so let us do it now.