Thank you.
That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Thanks for the opportunity to expand on it.
That's what I see the Canada workers benefit being. This said, people face all kinds of challenges in their lives. Money is not everything. There is an important interface with the provinces that has to happen here. I see converting the Canada workers benefit, as I suggested, into an unconditional component that is independent of your work status, and then that is tiered to the amount of income you have.
Earlier, there were issues raised about whether people file their taxes. This would only capture people who are in the system. We still need advocates for many people. We still need the provinces and the municipalities to be engaged in an important way.
This is an important area on which I think the federal and provincial governments should interface. You don't have to worry about classifying someone as a gig worker or self employed. The point is that their income is just too low. We have a poverty reduction strategy. They fall through the cracks.