I'm speaking to my colleagues around the table. We could consider clarifying who should make the final decision rather than remain vague about it.
My other question concerns the official poverty line and the other metric.
Subsection 8(1) of the new Poverty Reduction Act provides that other metrics will be set out in a schedule, which may be amended by the Governor in Council. That will pave the way to the use of other metrics that won't be set out in the proposed act. I checked and the schedule in question is empty for the moment.
Why provide for a mechanism enabling the minister to establish other metrics simply by order?