Human Resources committee  It does change the scope of those who.... We're talking about amendment NDP-1 right now? It does expand on the original bill. I'll leave it there.

Human Resources committee  It's much more than interpretive, in my view. It is a direction to read into section 14 those words that the amendment does not purport to say, but which it does in fact say. Where it says, “Every reference in this Act”, that is a command by Parliament. It says: Every referen

Human Resources committee  I will deal with the latter part of the question, if the chair permits. I certainly don't want to go against the chair's ruling, but to answer the member's question, the type of amendment that is put there is an indirect amendment to section 14. It says anyone who reads the act f

Human Resources committee  Would there be various corrections, amendments, changes that could be made? I'm not certain it's proper, but if the chair wants me to speculate on what could be done, I could offer. I don't know whether the chair wants me to offer ways of improving. I don't think it's really my r

Human Resources committee  I don't see any more restrictions in the way. Without section 14(7), it's totally.... The minister of the jurisdiction just says, “I'm opting out. I do not want to participate in those.” Then the formula that is currently in place would come into play and the minister would have

Human Resources committee  Ms. Frith tells me that she believes the province—and I may have misspoken because of amendment BQ-3—has to have some type of program, but obviously it wouldn't have to be similar to the federal program.

Human Resources committee  The difference is that amendment BQ-3—and I misspoke—doesn't require a province to set up any type of Canada access grant or anything. There is no access grant for low-income families and no access grant for disabled persons. Amendment L-1 requires that the province have some typ

Human Resources committee  I'd be pleased, Mr. Lake, to address your question, the first part of what we understand the provision to do, and then Ms. Frith will talk about the impacts of it. When I read the amendment, with section 14 today, it clearly, I see it clearly, allows provinces to obtain the al

Human Resources committee  Section 14(7) of the act that you refer to is very specific. Let me read you a short extract. This is what it says: The following amounts shall be included in the calculations described in the definitions "net costs" and "total program net costs" in subsection (6) only if the

Human Resources committee  I'll give what we understand the provision to do and I'll let Ms. Frith talk about the impacts. I am going to answer in English. This amendment creates a separate opting-out formula with a separate compensation package for the provinces. It does not amend or purport to amend s