Finance committee  There are already measures to help seniors, such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement. The Canada Child Benefit helps families that have children. Among the studies that were done, the one done by Luc Godbout from the Université de Sherbrooke considers all of the measures in the

Finance committee  Indeed.

Finance committee  An article was written by Mr. Richard Zuker, a former official of the Department of Finance, for the Caledon Institute of Social Policy. He studied the matter to see who would benefit from the decrease in the second tax bracket. The problem is that not only do you benefit more fr

Finance committee  That is true. One way of recovering those funds would be to adjust the third bracket also, in addition to the second, that is to say increase it in order to recover a little money from that tax cut, if you really want to target the middle class. You propose a reduction in the fi

Finance committee  I would like to go back to the comment I made earlier. Income tax as it relates to the reduction of inequalities is a matter that has to put in perspective. The income tax system can only to some extent be used to counter the growth of inequalities. Transfers are supposed to play

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. First I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me to appear today. If I may, I will be making my presentation in English, but I would be very happy to answer your questions in the language of your choice. My remarks this morning are based on the re