Thanks for the question. Again, it's good to see my former classmate.
I note that the poverty reduction act is part of the BIA. I think what's important in thinking about a poverty strategy is to have a strategy that looks both at short-run measures, for example, for seniors who are already retired, to make sure that they do not have to live their older years in poverty, and to look at families who are right now struggling with the needs of children, to make sure their incomes are sufficient as well. A strategy should incorporate both those short-run, immediate measures, but also a long-run view to make sure that in the long-run Canadians are also able to help themselves and lift themselves out of poverty through their own efforts.
I have two examples of that: first, the Canada training benefit, which allows workers to continue to upgrade their training while still on the job; and second, the enhancements to the Canada pension plan, which are going to be transformational for the next generation. For people who are already retired, it doesn't touch their benefits. For the people who are younger, who are just starting to work, they're going to have benefits that are substantially larger, that are secure, invested wisely by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. I think that long-run strategy is a great complement to the short-run measures that have had, as we have seen, an immediate impact on poverty measures.