I've given you three fairly typical examples. The situation is widespread. It's always the same thing. We're inundated with e-mails about it. It's always the same problem: people have earned a small income working in a convenience store or a pharmacy, for example, and they would have to stop working to get the $2,000. That is not productive. People should be able to continue to work and earn a small income and still qualify.
How can we fix the problem? Surely the Department of Finance has some solutions. You could solve it through the next tax return. You could provide the difference between $2,000 and the income earned. You could also establish a maximum amount that people are entitled to earn without being deprived of this assistance.
There are a number of solutions, and we can't let these people fall between two stools and be left with absolutely nothing, when they are entitled to this assistance just like every other Canadian who is in the same situation.