Thank you for the question, sir.
I'll address what I think is your first question, which is how the existing bill, which was introduced last fall by the government, with the $4,000 tax credit.... That's a tax credit; this would be a tax deduction. I also spoke to Mr. Strickland, from the CBTU, Canada's Building Trades Unions, and, yes, indeed, that was a great first step. The problem is that where we'll max that out is at about $2,230. That will not get people two months.
What I want to make sure happens is that people go to work. They can go to work for a year. They're not capped as to how many times they want to go to work. The more they're out working, the better off our infrastructure and our jobs will move along and, quite frankly, the more money they're going to be paying back to the government in taxes.
I will tell you, sir, that in March 2021, CBTU, Canada's Building Trades Unions, commissioned a financial projection that estimates that a Canada-wide implementation of a skilled trades workforce mobility tax deduction would save the federal government an estimated $347 million annually through increased tax revenues and reduced reliance on EI and other government programs.
I hope that begins to help.