That's the million-dollar question, or perhaps the billion-dollar question.
One of the pieces that we've learned going through United Nations treaty body reviews is that Canada has an obligation to ensure that we are dedicating a minimum and adequate amount of resources towards our human rights obligations.
In fact, in many of our discussions with organizations like the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives—which, as you are likely aware, create an alternative federal budget—we've looked at different ways we can increase both revenue and the way we're conducting our social spending. One of the ways is, of course, through tax reform and ensuring we're getting the income we need.
The one piece that is really quite interesting that's come out of a number of these United Nations treaty bodies is the fact that when you look at the fall fiscal updates and the numbers that came out, our social spending as a percentage of our gross domestic product is at its lowest level since 1949, believe it or not. If we were to increase that by 1%, then a lot of revenue gets created or a lot of money becomes free to be spent towards our human rights obligations.
Under our international human rights obligations, we are required to spend an amount of resources that is adequate towards our obligations.