Ms. Rothman, I don't know how many budget consultations you've been a part of, and the situation continues to get worse. It's always hard for us to hear the stats about how poorly Canada fares. You pick up the newspaper and see there are record surpluses, and then you hear people talking about putting more money into tax cuts or against the debt. Nobody from the business community talks about dealing with poverty. Why can't we get through to folks? How do we do this?
On October 26th, 2006. See this statement in context.