Human Resources committee  We have—

Human Resources committee  With respect to support for recent immigrants, our programs are through the training benefits, opportunities to acquire the skills or to get their foreign credentials recognized so that they can integrate into the labour market. That has been our focus. I'll do some checking to

Human Resources committee  In the report we're tabling, there are tables at the back that illustrate the cities that are available. We have 48 communities for which we have calculated MBM statistics. For those cities, we do urban versus rural areas.

Human Resources committee  Various training programs are available. The most recent is the government's $500 million per year for labour market agreements, which enable Canadians who are participating in the labour force or are not in the labour force to acquire training so they're better able to secure jo

Human Resources committee  I can start, and Shawn can add. The market basket measures have five components. The food basket was based on the office of the nutrition policy from Health Canada from 1998. We're expecting to update that based on the 2008 food basket, so that it will reflect the nutrition guid

Human Resources committee  The funding was renewed for five years, and the program as it currently exists was maintained for the next two-year period. Within that realm there are funds that support training as well as homelessness shelters and the staff associated with them. There are a variety of proposal

Human Resources committee  Yes, very quickly, the government's action plan did include additional funding of $2.1 billion to both construct and renovate approximately 215,000 social units over the next two years.

Human Resources committee  Yes. The homelessness partnership is our main vehicle at HRSDC for supporting community-based groups. There's funding for 61 communities, and the government renewed that initiative in September 2008 and is providing approximately $135 million a year for the next five years. I do

Human Resources committee  That's correct. It was last September.

Human Resources committee  The Canadian Revenue Agency, CRA, collects the information with respect to tax filing. This is a benefit that employers--

Human Resources committee  It's administered through the CRA. The businesses file the application for the credit of up to $10,000--

Human Resources committee  I think Sylvie answered that as well. Because poverty is so complex and there are so many diverse needs of the population, it's difficult to have one measure that would address all the issues. There are the advantages of the various suites that we talked about. We want to do tren

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  We don't have that.

Human Resources committee  Tax policy is the realm of the Department of Finance. You may want to invite tax officials.