Senator Tony Dean

Honourable senators, it's a pleasure to rise and speak on Bill C-26 at third reading. I want to start by thanking the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology for their analysis of the bill and for the opportunity to participate in their hearings. I also want to acknowledge Senator Stewart Olsen's collegiality in her role as critic. As you know, in June of this year in Vancouver, Canada's governments agreed to enhance the Canada Pension Plan to provide for greater re…

Honourable senators, I rise to speak on Bill C-26, an Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act and the Income Tax Act. Before I do that, I ask for your indulgence in taking a few minutes to reflect on my arrival in the Senate. It has been a long road from my first serious job as an apprenticed machine tool fitter or millwright at the Dunlop Tire Company in Birmingham in the former industrial West Midlands of the United Kingdom. Like many other newcome…