Thank you, Minister.
I would add that last night I attended the Chemistry Industry Association's annual international conference here. We've seen a number of projects, including Inter Pipeline, a $3.5-billion project, a joint venture between Pembina and the Kuwaitis. We also have the approval for LNG Canada, in the area of the country I grew up in, northern British Columbia. That will create tens of thousands of jobs and a great benefit for our economy, which will benefit from the introduction of the accelerated invested incentive.
I would like to pivot and move on. Within the BIA, there is a section with regard to poverty reduction. It's something that doesn't happen overnight. It happens with a number of policy instruments that our government has introduced. In my wonderful riding of Vaughan—Woodbridge, where I have the privilege of representing those residents, every month, with the Canada child benefit, nearly $5 million gets sent to the residents there, benefiting over 16,000 children. The exact number is 16,210 in over 9,000 families.
On February 26, StatsCan put out the Canadian income survey. It showed a large drop in poverty levels in Canada. I think the exact number is 825,000. I would really like to hear of policy measures that our government is continuing to adopt to reduce poverty and lift people into the middle class across Canada.