There's clear evidence with respect to other tax credits, such as the tax credits introduced by the previous government in areas like post-secondary education and training, that they do have a significant impact. Our government's view is that a tax credit was an effective way to deliver help very efficiently and very quickly to parents with the cost of registration and other eligible fees for sport and physical activities that are largely school-related--related to provincial areas of jurisdiction.
This was a way for the federal government to use the taxation code to do that, but I'd also like to add, though, that this is not--