Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There's a section called “Payments cannot be charged”. The intent of this section is to protect the benefit to the recipient so that others can't encumber it by garnishing or anything else.
As I understand, clawbacks only took effect was when the provinces reduced their support once they saw the federal support coming up. How would this amendment deal with that, particularly if the clawback is within the domain of the provinces and not within the domain of the federal government? Could I get clarification on that?