This question is for the Canadian Medical Association with regard to the disability tax credit. An academic review was done earlier this year. It found that about 1.8 million people are living with severe disability in Canada, but only about 40% of them actually receive the disability tax credit. The report suggests that what it calls the mind-numbing rules of the Canada Revenue Agency to assess eligibility for the credit are one of the reasons for the poor uptake. It also indicates that even those who go and try to get this done find that many doctors who try to fill these forms will have different interpretations of the guidelines because they are so difficult to interpret.
That report indicated that basically a lot of patients are being wrongly denied the credit for that reason. Do you have any thoughts, suggestions or recommendations in that area?