Thanks.
I just find this very frustrating.
Maybe I'll go to Mr. Green.
One of the suggestions that have been discussed by workers is having some type of tax abatement system for the ability to travel to other destinations to work--for example, plane tickets to return to visit family. So if you are working in one region of the country for a short period of time, you are able to have some deductions to do so, which would offset some of the costs that are associated.
Other business travel receives that. In fact, you can even claim everything from entertainment to sports and leisure. But if you're a person who works in a field where you want to travel to, say, Alberta, but you're from the east coast, you can't deduct any of those expenses.
Has your department considered any personal deduction expenses to allow travel mobility for skilled trades?