Finance committee  We need a minister's exemption on earnings for CERB for seniors.

Finance committee  In income security, we work for low-income Ontarians. Children are poor if their parents are poor. There are seniors who are also taking care of grandchildren. I would be remiss if I didn't mention some of those comments, because until we see something, we're going to continue

Finance committee  I'm sorry. Can you maybe direct me specifically to what you want to hear?

Finance committee  Child care is very important—there's no doubt about it—but we are here because we want a fix for the GIS clawback. ISAC supports all wraparound services, including housing, child care, mental health and addiction services. We advocate for that frequently. We also advocate for wor

Finance committee  Thank you for having me.

Finance committee  Sorry, but I just would like to first address some of your comments. I did watch the minister this morning. We are very glad that this is on the radar. We've been working on our advocacy since August. I've also traced some of the comments from this government, and what I've hea

Finance committee  I have 30 seconds to say that I've heard during this committee that we're talking about hotels and investments. I just want to impress on you that there is a whole group of people across this country who, when these benefits are clawed back, are losing their homes. They do not ha

Finance committee  We have not directly with the government, no.

Finance committee  We were not consulted. We wish we had been.

Finance committee  I think Bill C-2 is optimistic, and maybe unfairly so. Let's think about who needs what. On October 23, the Canada recovery benefit ended. On that same day, almost a million workers qualified for the Canada recovery benefit. I was speaking to some of our workers' rights allies

Finance committee  Thank you for that. ISAC has also supported the CERB amnesty campaign. There are many situations across the country, but the one we are most familiar with is social assistance recipients who were actually advised by their caseworkers and the legislation that you have to seek al

Finance committee  What you've just described to me is elder abuse, right?

Finance committee  It feeds off the confusion of a senior. We have to remember that this was a confusing, unclear process from the government. The CERB changed many times. The government should not be assuming that such people, who were confused and were just trying to make it, are going to be the

Finance committee  Yes. Thank you for that question. The minister said it this morning in committee. I think it has to be on the onus of the government. I work with lawyers. They've looked at the avenues that are available. What we see is that if they apply through the CRA, the appeal mechanism i

Finance committee  Thank you. Can I first confirm that you can hear me well?