That's a great question. Thank you for bringing up the Canadian poverty reduction strategy. As Harriett mentioned, we're extremely excited about this. This is something that's been called for by civil society for many years. In fact, long before Prime Minister Trudeau issued the mandate letter to Minister Duclos, this is something that civil society was really hoping for. We absolutely celebrated that announcement in August.
You asked for a brief answer, and I will do that. I know there are many other witnesses. You mentioned the target question, and that's a good one. One thing I want to state about this is that there was an overall approach within the strategy, in invoking the sustainable development goals, to reduce poverty by at least 50% by 2030. What's interesting about this is that the goal within the sustainable development goals, goal number one, is to end poverty by 2030. We were actually very much hoping that the goal that would be articulated in the strategy would be that which we asked so many other countries to sign on to within the sustainable development goals. It is true that sub-goal 1.2 is to reduce poverty by at least 50%—that's absolutely right—but we were very much hoping that it would go a bit further.
There are some really excellent pieces within that Canadian poverty strategy. We are very much hoping that the government will continue to go further and in particular ensure, and it's so mindful considering we're talking about budget 2019, that adequate investment will accompany the strategy. Of course, in the announcement in August we didn't see any new policy or funding.