One hundred and forty political leaders and 350 executives created the impressive Team Canada. New contracts lead to new jobs and help us in our task of getting Canadians back to work. But this mission achieved something even more impressive. It showed Canadians that the premiers and the Prime Minister can work together. It showed them that federalism does work.
Nothing succeeds like success.
I for one am hopeful that this new sense of co-operation is the basis for future success stories and that Team Canada carries on. While in opposition the Prime Minister was concerned that this issue was of such importance he wanted to recall Parliament to end double dipping and establish an age requirement with respect to the collection of pensions. Today 46 more Liberal trough feeders are joining the crew. The Prime Minister should end this lunacy and live up to his promises of past and present. Regardless of what his 46 new trough feeders think, he should make any new pension reform retroactive to election day, October 25, 1993.