Thank you. It's an interesting question.
I should preface this by saying that what I'm about to say is not a council position; it's just kind of some things I know, and my thoughts on things.
First off, dealing with the seniors population, there is a really neat income-splitting thing for seniors that it appears a lot of people don't know about. Robert has talked about credit-splitting, which is one aspect of things, but there also is an ability to split your pension if either party applies. Just like the guaranteed income supplement, the cheques go out to both parties. If you apply, you can have that done with CPP as well.
That's interesting, because for a lot of women, who maybe haven't had control over their finances over a certain portion of their lives, just having their own cheque, having equality in the household, knowing that they are very likely to outlive their partner, it gives them some ability to plan and use their own money to plan their own future.
So that's one thing. If I'm correct, though, what you're referring to is more an income-splitting for tax purposes in younger households, that type of thing.