Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her great work on behalf of taxpayers and families. The family tax cut and benefits help 100% of families with kids. The family tax cut, or income-splitting, helps almost half of all families with kids under the age of 18 by allowing parents to split their income to save up to $2,000.
The universal child care benefit will be raised to $2,000 per year per child under the age of six, and $720 a year for kids ages 6 through 17. There are about 200,000 families that have not yet signed up. I would encourage members of all parties to go out this weekend and tell them that they have until May 15 to get signed up under the extended deadline so that they get their lump sum payment in July.