They're getting more money. This is beyond my comprehension, but anecdotally I'm hearing stories of young women having babies so they can get another $100 a month. In the long run, that sure isn't going to create a better-off situation for their families or their children. So I question the whole issue of “better off”.
Do you factor in the allocation to the provinces for child care? I come from Manitoba. I know the huge losses that have affected child care in Manitoba. I know the really dire situation there. So when you talk about it, how do you factor it in?
The other question I want to ask you concerns this government currently using tax credits as a form of social policy. We heard from Kathleen Lahey. When she was here, she said that when you deliver social programs through a tax instrument, women for the most part are disadvantaged, particularly low-income and low-middle-income women.
Do you give that advice to the minister in terms of the tools to use for social policy? My question is not dissimilar to Ms. Mathyssen's. How do we conduct a review of the whole tax system to look at the disadvantaged women in the tax system? My final question, and you're not going to have time for everything, is this. Have you done a gender-based analysis on pension splitting and also income splitting? I'm curious to know and to see that.