While economists are suggesting the worst of the recession is behind us, those of us in the nonprofit sector know that it will take much longer for the average Canadian to feel the effects of the recovery, and that many will continue to be excluded from the prosperity of our society. [...] On a the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax positive note, the federal government recently created the Working Measures for Persons with Disabilities that Income Tax Benefit to bolster the earnings of the working poor, and reported to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of National Revenue in December some provinces offer similar programs. [...] She has worked for the House of Commons Committee on the Disabled and Policy Ideas to Provide Income and Support to Caregivers the Handicapped, the House of Commons Special Committee on Child Care and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive An estimated three million Canadians act as unpaid or informal Technologies. [...] The purpose of these Agreements was to increase the The supply of caregiver goods and services can be enhanced supply of child care and early childhood through the creation of a Caregiving Supports Fund. [...] The precise level of funding for a Caregiving Supports Fund would depend upon the design of the Fund in terms of the scope of what it potentially would include and the associated eligibil- ity for these supports.