Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, IBA payments, like other income that is not earned, is normally deducted off of income support payments. The regulations we apply and that are in use, and that were instituted years ago, indicates that unearned income must be deducted from income support payments. It has been our policy that IBA payments are considered unearned income. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
With regard to the question of are we looking at this particular issue, there are a number of areas in income support that I feel should be looked at. This is one area that I have asked the department to start looking at. I believe our officials are already doing some work in this end. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.