NDP MP Addressing Pension Reform

The MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River is disappointed with the Conservative government.
John Rafferty says its disappointing that the government is failing to accept an NDP motion to expand the Canadian Pension Plan.
The government says the NDP’s proposal would eliminate up to 70,000 jobs across Canada.
But Finance Minister’s Parliamentary Assistant Andrew Saxton says they will work with the provinces and territories to improve the plan.
Meantime, advocates for enhancing the Canada Pension Plan say they are approaching the consensus required to press ahead with reform that would see both premiums and benefits rise in the future.
Expansion of the pension plan will be the number one item under consideration at the annual end-of-year meetings of federal and provincial finance ministers, which take place Sunday and Monday in Ottawa, and some see momentum building for an agreement in principle.