Finance committee  The retirement pension, the survivors' pension, the disability pension, and the post-retirement pension are all enhanced with this. You will have your base CPP survivors' pension, and then you will have your two tranches of extra benefit, which is with your first additional contr

Finance committee  With respect to the 480, I'll explain how the pension is calculated right now. Your pension is calculated on an average, using the number of months that you have in your contributory period from age 18 to the time you stop working or take your retirement pension. It's not an aver

Finance committee  You will get the full amount that is owed to you according to your contributions.

Finance committee  I didn't mention the death benefit. I mentioned the survivors' pension. The death benefit is not included in the enhancement, and neither are the disabled contributor's children and the orphans benefits, which are lump sum benefits. These are social benefits, which are—

Finance committee  The base CPP will continue to protect that portion. However, the enhancement will be on the contribution that she made...so if she's outside of the workforce. We're seeing that women spend less and less time outside the workforce. Right now during her career a woman will stay on

Finance committee  As you know, the disability and the child-rearing provisions allow you a drop-out period when you're disabled or when you're taking care of young children. It helps you protect your eligibility for some benefits, and it also helps you increase your average. As you said, it's an a

Finance committee  With regard to the cost, I think that would be under Mr. Montambeault.

Finance committee  I'll answer this one. You're correct that the drop-outs still remain in the base plan. With respect to the general drop-out, I can say that it is built into the structure being enhanced, so it's still there. Today, you have a base plan in which your contributions start at age 18

Human Resources committee  We presently have an existing policy under which when the department is informed, we do not pay benefits, survivor's or children's benefits, if the person has have been convicted of murdering their parents. Right now we do have that policy, which is very similar to what's in the

Human Resources committee  I couldn't say that. I would say it's only upon the minister being informed that we would stop the benefit and render them ineligible. So on average, maybe we render one or two a year ineligible for the benefit because of murder.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  No, I have no comments on that. I can answer any questions.

Finance committee  It is not under the Canada Pension Plan.

Finance committee  It is the Review Tribunal and the...

Finance committee  It is the post-retirement benefit.