Human Resources committee  We can identify through our simulation models women versus--

Human Resources committee  Not to my knowledge.

Human Resources committee  That was introduced in budget 2007, and the information is collected through the--

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, I don't have the detail by individual person. We have the descriptions for the various benefits you've described that we can break out and we can provide a supplementary table to the members. It is billions of dollars. In child benefits it's over $13 billion.

Human Resources committee  We know the jurisdictions have indicated that since the money started to flow, which was in 2007, they would be creating over 60,000 spaces.

Human Resources committee  Some may have implemented it, but these are their announcements.

Human Resources committee  Shawn and I will share the response on this. Starting with your last one in terms of the impact of $400 a month, we haven't done that type of work. On the child care spaces, the funding that is provided to the provinces and territories is through the Canada social transfer. The provinces decide how to use that fund with respect to the creation of child care spaces.

Human Resources committee  We have micro-simulation models, but tax policy is the responsibility of the Department of Finance. We model the impact of various tax measures. In my presentation I talked about the broad range of measures that the government is taking. I highlighted two specific ones. One is the child tax benefit supplement, and you pointed out that the change at this time is with the income threshold, whereas the working income tax benefit is literally a doubling in terms of the dollar amount.

Human Resources committee  We've done earlier impact analyses with and without the child tax benefit. I don't have the figures with me at this time, but there are calculations, as Sylvie alluded to. You can run models with the benefit and without it, and you can get the impact of what--

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Human Resources committee  I'm just looking for the figures. I know we pay out $100 a month to-- Shawn has the figures.

Human Resources committee  We haven't concluded the final report, but there will be a report available. There are some copies of the presentation from our international and Canadian guests that we could share with the clerk.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're very pleased to be back here today to provide the committee with an update on the subject of low income. As you know, there's been a significant upheaval in our economy since HRSDC officials appeared before the committee in April. At that time, Canada's economy and labour market performance remained strong.