As I mentioned before, we all know that these inflationary increases are having a real impact on low-income families.
Those benefits that you mentioned—the GST credit and others—will be subject to clawback if we don't have a full-serve amnesty. To be clear, those benefits will be garnisheed from people who are asked to repay the CERB and the CRB to offset any payments that are owed.
I really want to stress the accessibility of benefits for people. People have to file their income tax forms to be able to receive income benefits. We appreciate the measures your party has put forward. We also need to look at those who are not filing income taxes or who are experiencing barriers to accessing some of the benefits.
Very quickly, I'll talk about the Canada child benefit. It's tied to immigration status. A person who is here and waiting for immigration to make a settlement or a ruling on their immigration status may be working, paying their taxes and paying into the system, and sometimes may even have Canadian-born children, but that person is not eligible to receive the benefit because it's arbitrarily tied to their immigration status.
We need to be looking at all of these programs and ensuring that people who experience multiple and systemic marginalization have access. They have to be low-barrier programs. They have to be available for families. When we're reaching those who are the furthest away, we're going to bring everybody along in our programs.