Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am certainly glad to hear that and I am totally convinced that families that have income low enough to qualify deserve to hang onto dollars. However, I am quite concerned when these dollars are calculated as part of income to be assessed for rent that we are defeating the whole purpose of the target of omitting child poverty. Does the Minister agree that by calculating it as part of income for rent, that on one hand we are paying it out and on one hand we are taking it back? We are really not helping them at all.
Michael McLeod on Question 196-14(6): National Child Tax Benefit Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 10th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 196-14(6): National Child Tax Benefit Program
Question 196-14(6): National Child Tax Benefit Program
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 9th, 2003
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