Thanks for the question.
The government has certainly funded the Ready, Willing and Able program, which is a program under Inclusion Canada and the Autism Alliance of Canada, and we're quite thankful for that. We have a great program that's country-wide, working with national employers and even some local employers. The assistance there has certainly helped.
When you look at people with intellectual disabilities, you see their employment rate is very low. It's about 20% or so compared to 75% to 85% for the average Canadian. Any additional support that all levels of government can provide to programs like that is very beneficial, because it gets them off income support and into employment, paying taxes and contributing to the economy.
One thing that we've indicated in our budget brief around the Canada disability benefit, which has an employment aspect, is generous employment exemption areas—the GIS, for example, or the old age security plan. Most income support programs have an exemption for employment. I think the OAS is $21,000. We're suggesting somewhere around $35,000, which is very generous. It enables someone who has a disability to actually go and work and contribute to the economy up to a certain level before their support would be reduced. That's an employment measure that we've put before this committee for the Canada disability benefit, actually.