Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd also like to thank the witnesses.
I'd like to reiterate what I said in the House. During the study of the bill, I was able to support the principle of introducing a Canada disability benefit.
The problem was that we were starting from scratch. We adopted the principle of the bill, meaning the introduction of the benefit, and we talked a lot about consultations, the principle of complementarity with the provinces, and the principle that this benefit should the established by and for persons with disabilities.
As legislators, however, we were being asked to come up with a bill whose implementation would involve a lot of regulation. The bill's objective is to reduce poverty. However, we don't know the amount of the benefit and we have no clue about what it might be.
On the basis of what criteria would you be able to say that the benefit would lift persons with disabilities out of poverty? Would the amount be calculated in terms of the poverty line? Do you have any idea of what economic indicators might be used? Is it just the poverty line or would people's income be included?