Human Resources committee  Well, primarily, in almost all cases it's women, and in almost all cases it's women who are probably in their thirties, because they have underage children. They've likely had their career disrupted very early on in their career, so their earning capacity is quite low, and they'r

Human Resources committee  Yes, child support is taxable in the hands of the payer, and spousal support is taxable in the hands of the recipient.

Human Resources committee  The scenarios are that either we change the definition of income for the purpose of the CERB to be the receiving of child or spousal support, or we change the definition of wages and salaries to be the payment of child and spousal support. From a family lawyer perspective, I pr

Human Resources committee  Well, it ignores just the simple cost of day-to-day living. If your income has gone to zero, the bit of extra money you might get through the child tax benefit isn't going to come anywhere close to covering what it takes to feed a child, pay your rent and pay your utilities. We n

Human Resources committee  It seems as though that person isn't a single mom who's relying completely on their child and spousal support to make ends meet. If that goes to zero, that bit of extra money they're getting from the child tax benefit is not going to be enough. Maybe they could live in their car

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, I don't. I asked someone to bring one, but due to the time difference, they weren't able to bring it on time.

Human Resources committee  Would it assist you if I were to speak more slowly?

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I can be quite brief in my submission, because the issue is fairly simple. As I said before, I've been a family law lawyer for the last 12 years in Vancouver, and all of my files result in some sort of child or spousal support. Child and spousal support arise from f

Human Resources committee  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the government with respect to the response to COVID-19. As a matter of introduction, I'm a family law lawyer in Vancouver, B.C. I own the firm called Guardian Law. I've been practising family law for 12 years. I'm concerned abo