Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a reply to a question asked by Mrs. Groenewegen on March 16, 1999, regarding the purpose of T5-007 Tax Forms.
Mr. Speaker, the T5-007 is required by Revenue Canada to report taxable income received in social assistance under the Income Support Program. This includes only the amounts of assistance that people receive for the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing.
Recently some seniors in Hay River were inadvertently included in a T5-007 mail-out that was issued to social assistance recipients. The seniors received a T5-007 for seniors' fuel subsidies that they received from the department. Officials of the department are in the process of identifying those seniors and advising them that the T5-007 for the seniors' fuel subsidy is in fact not a taxable benefit so it will not affect their income tax. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.