I know a number of groups have asked for a dedicated transfer, and that may be the way to go, because there certainly is a disconnect somewhere.
I want to move to this matter of how best to help low-income people. Our government thought we did a good thing by cutting the goods and services tax, because the National Anti-Poverty Organization, as Mr. Dykstra mentioned, pointed out that low-income people pay 8% of the GST collected, and they pay only 0.5% of the personal income tax collected. On the other hand, high-income people pay only 4% of the GST that's collected and 10% of the income taxes. Clearly, a GST reduction is more beneficial to low-income earners than to high-income earners. In fact, the NDP recognized this. In 1997 they campaigned on reductions to the GST for that very reason, because that was one way you could help people who paid the least income tax. Yet there have been criticisms of this tax measure to assist low-income people. I'm very puzzled by this, so maybe someone can explain it to me.