Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
The guaranteed income is important to people in my riding, and it's not simply because people want to get a free lunch. We often talk about government programs and how they benefit people, but often those government programs are hard to navigate in our system. We have so many different government programs. They're everywhere. The idea of a guaranteed annual income or a negative income tax is to simplify the process and give people the resources they need directly without their having to go through bureaucracy, without having to go through a specific application process to obtain those resources. They can then use those resources as they see fit as autonomous individuals within a collective society.
I hate having to explain to individuals who ask me what I am doing for them. They're autistic or have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Their mother was drinking, they're indigenous, they can't work, and it's really hard. What programs do I have for them? I have to say that we've got the child tax benefit, $540 a month tax free. If they don't have kids, we have some housing programs and dollars coming. A lot of people are looking for housing.
I have the floor and I can speak for a long time.