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Status of Women committee  The government has made progress on the affordable housing issue. I don't think it's a big issue. It will take time to chip away at that problem, but the government has taken steps. I can outline certain things they have done. There has been a $1.4 billion transfer to the provin

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  Just in a manner more specific to the question, the budget included measures on affordable housing, post-secondary education, and helping the vulnerable specifically; there were also elements included in the budget. But I think the overall answer is the economic story: ensuring t

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  Pardon me, I don't understand.

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  Oui, there is. The budget provided $110 million to the Mental Health Commission to support five demonstration projects focused on mental health and homelessness.

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  We're just finalizing it, and we'll have it up soon.

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  That's exactly it. We work with the Status of Women. The courses we've provided at the department we have developed with the Status of Women. We did a pilot project in 2005 for training, and then we undertook training in January, two separate courses for 30 analysts. We have the

April 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  For a family, again, it begins at $3,000, is phased in at 20%, and plateaus at $1,000. That's the maximum amount you can get. Then it's phased out by $21,167, for the year 2007.

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  What's the question?

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  No, no, we can explain. Go ahead, Baxter.

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  Parents put the money into a registered education savings plan, it grows, and then when the student or the child goes to school they take the money out. Generally speaking, the student doesn't really earn a lot of income and therefore doesn't pay any tax on it.

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  Together they get a benefit, because the parent is putting in the money. It's taxed when it goes in, but when it comes out it's in the hands of the student. There are two parts to it. First, there's the contribution part. When the contribution goes in, it's taxed, but it grows t

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  We're saying this is the gender-based analysis of budget 2006. We have not done a comparison between the 2005 tax year and the 2006 tax year. We haven't done the gender-based--

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  For the income cut-off, it depends; are you a single individual or a family?

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  I think I have that here....

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian

Status of Women committee  For where it's phased out?

March 11th, 2008Committee meeting

Louise Levonian