Industry committee  You surprised me.

Industry committee  It's fine. Good afternoon, distinguished committee members. Thank you for asking me to appear before you today. My name is Gladys Comeau. I am a simple woman of a certain age and the widow of Gilbert Comeau, a retiree who worked for Nortel loyally for 40 years. I need not repe

Industry committee  There I go, putting my foot in my mouth. It's a certain age. Gilbert worked for his pension. It was not a gift. Gilbert opted for a reduced pension, a negotiated pension. He signed to secure my financial protection in the event that he passed away before me. According to the agr

Finance committee  Thank you for asking this. When it was time for my husband to retire, he opted for a reduced pension--I believe it was 10%--so that if something happened, and of course that was the case, I would receive a pension. As an old age pensioner I have Régie des rentes du Québec, but t

Finance committee  Yes, that's right.

Finance committee  Let's say he received 90% of his whole pension. When he passed away I received 60% of that 90%--

Finance committee  --which would be 54%, si je ne me trompe pas. Is that right?

Finance committee  Now there is another 30% plus.

Finance committee  Yes, it would, definitely. It's difficult. What can I tell you? It's nice to see there are those from different provinces here, so I cannot just ask Quebec to help me, but I hope the others do too.

Finance committee  In Alberta, one aunt is 93 and the other is 103. I just thought you'd like to know that. Also, in B.C. there are people still, and two in Saskatchewan, my relatives, and they're older. Thank you.

Finance committee  Oh, they're wonderful. I love going back.

Finance committee  Well, yes, I neglected friends. Fortunately, there's quite a group who volunteer. Don't ask me why I do all this volunteering, but until I can't, why not?

Finance committee  Bonjour. Good afternoon. Mr. Chairman, honourable members of the committee, mesdames et messieurs, Thank you for your invitation to appear before your committee. First, I applaud you: retirement income security for Canadians--I like that. I sincerely hope I can make today a