I just think we need to be very prudent with the dollars we have. The existing child tax benefit program I think is probably a lot less costly to administer. Adding to that, as John has suggested, clearly reduces poverty and supports families. And the child tax benefit program actually extends quite high into mid-range family incomes, so getting broad public middle-class support for this I think is quite feasible to do.
On December 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.