Thank you very much. I will continue with Ms. Laidlaw-Sly.
Recommendation C of your brief concerns child care. I would like the committee to review the measures which were implemented, including the Universal Child Care Benefit in the amount of $100, which is paid each month to the caregivers of children under the age of 6. However, the person with the lower income who receives the benefit must pay tax on it, and I've often heard that this is ridiculous.
In cases where family income is very high, for example a member of Parliament who earns $150,000 and whose spouse stays at home, no tax will be paid on the benefit. On the other hand, a single mom earning $30,000 will have to pay several hundred dollars on her $1,200 benefit. It leaves me stunned. Yet we had suggested that the government tax the family income and not the income of the lower earner.
Do the people you represent have to deal with this situation? What do the members of your council think?