Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Obviously, all of us here are very much concerned about clawbacks. Something we heard from pretty much every witness, if not every witness, was that in negotiations we make sure there are no clawbacks of provincial and territorial benefits that persons with disabilities already receive.
I just want to get clarification from the clerk in terms of the way this amendment is worded because it could mean multiple things. For some of us reading it, it may mean, for example, that we cannot recover funds or payments in situations where there might be proven identity fraud, so I'm a bit concerned about the wording of the amendment.
I also want to ask our officials to speak about what impact this might have on the Canada disability benefit. Do we foresee interactions, for example, between federal benefits, and is this the appropriate place to actually address that, or can it be addressed later on in the process through amendments in other pieces of legislation that provide for federal benefits? I'd like to have that explained.
I would also like a clarification—a third one—on whether this amendment, as it's written, prevents the clawback of provincial and territorial benefits. I know that was a primary concern for every witness who came to this committee and in every submission.