Thank you very much.
Ms. Kobluk, I want to thank you for putting an emphasis on the sense of urgency there is to try to settle the question of these benefit clawbacks that are happening. It's not only with the GIS; we're learning as times goes on that it's happening with other income-tested benefits, like the Canada child benefit and the Canada workers benefit as well.
The government has been saying for some time now that they're working on a solution. They haven't actually announced anything yet. Provided that they are getting close—they keep saying they're close, but we don't actually get a solution announced....
I'm wondering if you could provide a sense of when you talk about a systemic solution.... For a while, the government had been talking about people applying on a case-by-case basis for re-evaluation of their income for the next year's projected income. If there is going to be a systemic solution, to what extent should the onus be on the individuals affected to make an application of some kind in order to have their case reassessed?
Alternatively, does a systemic solution mean that the department should be conducting these reassessments for income-tested benefits and contacting affected people to let them know that they've been reassessed and can expect to have their benefit restored?