Human Resources committee  It's just to convene all the provinces and make sure that all of the clawbacks together—that 15%, which of course has to be there—ensure people always receive a benefit for each marginal dollar earned.

Human Resources committee  Yes, I think it's only the federal government that has the position of leadership, that can look to other levels of government, whether it be the municipalities or the provinces, and look at all those programs together. They're all in silos and they all stick to their own knittin

Human Resources committee  I would like to make a comment here from Toronto, if I could. The clawbacks that we find on seniors' benefits are quite profound. For example, under the guaranteed income supplement, you might be aware that one can only earn $3,500 before benefits are clawed back. With the chang

Human Resources committee  The programs that are effective are the ones that help with the transition. I was especially interested in listening to Mark talk about giving someone a paycheque, but as someone transitions from those few hours a week and gets more into the full-time labour market, we have to re

Human Resources committee  It's also.... Yes?

Human Resources committee  The same thing is true when we look at our social assistance programs. Again the federal government can take a leadership role with the provinces in trying to get some national standards in place. We need to have programs that allow people to transition to the workforce and not

Human Resources committee  On social assistance, for example, if someone has reported their income for the month—if they are working part time and still need to be on benefits—and then the boss calls them up and says, “We want you to come in for an extra shift that we hadn't counted on.” That immediately b

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much to you and the committee for having me here today, and good day to all the guests. I've come to talk a little bit about our disability income programs in Canada. First of all, I'll say that I have 28 years of experience working in government as a benefit des

Human Resources committee  Yes, thank you very much.