Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, thank you for being with us this evening.
I am going to bring the discussion back down to earth, as we say back home in the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, where I am proud to have been elected.
Early on in my career, I worked for a period of time in banks, mostly granting loans. Some clients had to hand me their keys because they were no longer able to pay back their loan. As a result, I experienced people's misery and the difficulty they had making ends meet, so this is something that affects me a great deal.
Over the holidays, I toured all the seniors' residences. I have a lot of them in my riding. I took the time to visit the families. Just last Friday, I was at Entraide Agapè, a centre that helps people and has more than 100 volunteers.
I was listening to people speak earlier and it made me smile to think that there were a lot of economists here. I was thinking about the people in my riding of Beauport—Limoilou. They are not economists, but I can tell you that they know how to count money. Today, some people have written to me to say that what worries them is not whether they will receive a cheque every month or every three months, but whether they will actually receive the money, whether what is promised in Bill C‑19 will actually get done.
So I have two questions for you.
The first question is the one I just asked you: Are the people really going to see any of that money?
Second, how will this benefit complement other financial measures that have been put in place, such as the Canada child benefit, the guaranteed income supplement, the national school food program and the Canadian dental care plan?