First off, I tried to stick primarily to federal issues, because this is a federal government. Typically, the provincial government is responsible for any disability pension that people get.
Money is provided by the federal government. Obviously there would need to be an agreement between the two governments so that they're not going to start clawing that back. There's no use in the federal government paying something out to try to bring somebody's level of poverty down, and then somebody else taking it back because it goes against their policies.
There needs to be a really good federal-provincial combination there, where they're actually talking to each other, and the municipalities. The FCM needs to be involved in identifying what impact it's going to have on the municipalities themselves, because the municipalities also get involved in a lot of those sorts of supports.
If the supports are done properly, it doesn't necessarily have to impact what's going on. If people are paid for what work they're doing, if they're doing a good job and they're paid, then you shouldn't have to lose benefits. That's where some of the refundable disability tax credit comes in. If it's refundable, even if you're in a lower paying job, you still get that money back.
Primarily the folks who are benefiting from the disability tax credit are those who are at a high income level. They're well-employed and they're in a higher tax bracket. The fact that they're paying more taxes means they get that full credit. The folks who aren't paying a lot of taxes don't get that credit. That's the rationale behind it.
I just go back to the whole idea that it needs to be a joint effort between all levels of government. Although I'm really happy that Minister Qualtrough is looking at a Canadians with disabilities act, the fact that there was a choice made for it to be only federal means they're not going to get at a lot of the issues that happen between governments in trying to support this population.