I think that's right. It is a concern when different taxes and different benefits are stacked on top of each other such that you end up with effective tax rates on marginal income that can get quite high in some circumstances, so we should always pay attention to that. That's one of the reasons I think the move to the Canada workers benefit, which reduces that clawback rate from $15,000 to $12,000, is an advance. I do, however, accept the member's comment that we must always consider these things, and there is room to do more to consider how all of these benefits, both provincial and federal, stack together.
On April 30th, 2018. See this statement in context.