Finance committee  Okay.

Finance committee  You mentioned the Canada workers benefit, which I believe currently benefits around 1.4 million low-income working Canadians. In 2019 it will be enhanced by $500 million. Through the process, you're working with provinces and territories to ensure there is harmonization with thei

Finance committee  Thank you. Thank you for coming, Minister. I was reading both the budget bill and the BIA. As I was looking through it, I recognized a number of things there that I had brought to your attention, and I know other members had as well, which we had heard from our constituents ab

Finance committee  Interesting. I don't think I knew that.

Finance committee  Does that have anything to do with the long-form census being gone? Was there no data coming in?

Finance committee  You mentioned a couple of things. About 25% of the women outside of Quebec, within the nine provinces, do not qualify. One of those reasons was that they didn't have the hours to qualify. In that 25%, does that also include self-employed women, who do not choose to...?

Finance committee  The 25% are only women who don't access it because of hours, not because of self-employment. Is that correct?.

Finance committee  When you talk about 56% excluded, because of low income, can you—

Finance committee  They don't access it.

Finance committee  Job transference in the middle of the year would affect it.

Finance committee  Do you know which provinces they are?

Finance committee  That's 13 weeks with one employer.

Finance committee  Got it.

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you all for coming on this lovely rainy day. I have a number of questions. As the Chair mentioned, it's a very diverse group. I'm going to start with you, Ms. Morris, with a couple of questions around your presentation from your CARP membership. On the

Finance committee  That would be wonderful. You also mentioned that Scotiabank was the latest bank to move over to the for-profit organization.