Finance committee  It depends. Simpler isn't always accessible or always better. Generally it is, but we've seen situations where it doesn't necessarily take you down the road you want to go.

Finance committee  There are two issues here. There's the filing of taxes, which is complex and needs to be simplified and probably has many options. I understand in other countries the government does it for you and that's your default, so your filing happens automatically. That would be worth lo

Finance committee  I'll take that. There are two fixes. One is with regard to the problems faced by people who are ineligible. The Income Tax Act should be amended to ensure that everybody who's a resident for the purposes of the Income Tax Act is also eligible for child benefits. That would assis

Finance committee  I have no doubt that happens. As legal clinics, what we usually see is when someone is in receipt of benefits and then suddenly there's a demand for information that's impossible to comply with, and those benefits are terminated.

Finance committee  I think there are two issues. One is the original eligibility process and the filing of taxes. There has to be support available to people in filing tax returns. Many low-income people think they don't need to file tax returns because they don't owe taxes. This means they miss

Finance committee  Good morning. My colleague and I are with the Income Security Advocacy Centre. It's a specialty legal clinic with a mandate to improve the income security of low-income Ontarians. Thank you for this opportunity. Canada's income benefit programs need to be modernized to be respo