We see this as a really important benefit, one that was already in place in some measure before we came into office but that we felt needed to be enhanced.
Effectively, what does it do? It helps people move from social assistance into work. It provides the bridge to prevent the situation where there's no benefit to going to work because they're not earning more on an after-tax basis than they would have prior to their new job. We have added some funds to this to enable people to start at a lower income level, so they can get more money through this program and are better off as they make their transition into work. This is going to help a significantly larger number of low-income people to get off social assistance and into some form of work.
That was a critical part of what we did. However, as you mentioned, there were many people—especially those who might not be filing their taxes electronically—who might not have known they were eligible for this benefit. The idea is to ensure that if people qualify, CRA has the ability to automatically give them the Canada workers benefit, which means we have more people in that situation, triggering a much more successful transition from being out of work to being employed. We're allowing people who should make use of that benefit in order to bridge into full-time work to actually get it.