Mr. Chairman, there are really two aspects to that. I have it on page 16 of the bill, and it’s clause 19. In the proposed clause 17, sub 5, there’s a proposed statutory minimum of wages that would be exempt. When we garnishee under the federal legislation, we apply our statutory exemption to those. So someone who is having their EI garnisheed would be left with a certain amount, as required by law, to live on. It may or may not be a particularly great amount of money.

The fact is that they owe the maintenance. If debtors find themselves in a position where they’re not able to pay, it is up to them to go to court and argue that they have had a change in circumstances and ask the court to reduce the amount of maintenance that’s payable. That’s the remedy.

Maintenance Enforcement only enforces orders that are made by a court, based on evidence that’s before the court on the amount of money that the payer makes and the amount of money that the payee makes. Maintenance Enforcement doesn’t have the authority to go behind the order and change the amount. That is the remedy for the debtor in that case. If we make it too easy to just be on EI and escape maintenance payments, then really it’s children who are going to suffer, and our system will fall apart.