We could have the parliamentary budget officer tasked with the role of calculating the marginal effective tax rates for disabled people in Alberta, for example, or single mothers in New Brunswick, to ensure that when you combine the clawbacks and taxes they endure for taking a job, it's never in excess of 100% and in fact someone is always better off when they work. It's a pan-Canadian principle that we should consider enforcing through the fiscal power of the Canada social transfer.
Do you think that would be a reasonable condition to impose in exchange for the billions of dollars the federal government transfers to the provinces?