Mr. Speaker, no. The very least the government could have done would have been to brief members on what effect this would have upon the disabled community.
The member for Churchill made a very good comment. We have to realize that the tax credit offsets only a very small portion of the costs that most individuals experience and it does not create tax fairness for people with disabilities.
I made the point a moment ago that tax credits probably do not benefit the majority of Canadians with disabilities because a lot of these people live in poverty and most of them do not have a taxable income. The member made a very good point.