Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to all three of you. Thank you for being here today.
Meenu, I'm going to start with you. I have a couple of questions for you because you made some specific recommendations. I'd like to get a little bit more of an idea of what you're suggesting.
I do know that in the Region of Peel we have a service called TransHelp, which is used predominantly by individuals with physical disabilities who may need to get to and from work every day, as it's possible. That's very rigid and structured, and it's not always the most convenient service.
You and I have met. I know that you have your own vehicle, but you've spent a considerable amount of money on modifying it so that you can operate it, so that you can actually drive your van with your hand controls.
I do know that governments spend quite a lot of money on subsidizing services like TransHelp. You talked about a tax credit or something of that nature which would help you pay to modify your personal vehicle to get to and from work each day. Have you looked at the numbers? Do you have an idea of what governments are currently subsidizing for that rider who's using that TransHelp bus in the Region of Peel every day to go to and from work?
Do you know what that's adding up to in a year versus maybe what you're proposing and if our committee were to recommend that the government look at some sort of credit to help with or reimburse some of the costs of modifying your own vehicle? Have you done a comparison? Do you have an idea of what numbers we're looking at?