Thanks, Chair, and thanks to all the witnesses who are here today.
I come from the riding of Whitby. We have the Abilities Centre in my riding, which we're really proud of, because it is an organization that is recognized nationally as specializing in ensuring that people with different abilities can live the fullest lives possible, which I think is what we all want to support. I know it's an incremental process. We've done some things, and we constantly want to do more.
The changes we've heard about are good ones—making the disability tax credit more accessible, as well as simplifying and streamlining the application process. Notwithstanding the limitations that have been mentioned—that we need to go further, that it's narrow, that the tax system may not be the best entry point; I agree with lots of those sentiments and comments—from a user perspective, these changes strike me as really being meaningful. I know they're relatively small, but they are pretty meaningful for individuals I've worked with through my office who have struggled to access the disability tax credit. We've had to help them for years—often going back over and over again for years—to help them get a disability tax credit.
Could one of you speak to this? I'm not sure who the best person is.
Maybe I could ask you, Mr. Willbond, or Ms. Haan, what does this really mean for our disability community?