Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Welcome to all of you.
First, I would like to put a question to Ms. Pellerin. I also sit on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and there is a lot of discussion there about poverty, about low-income families who sometimes have to make certain choices.
What interests me a great deal are your ideas for solutions and your recommendations. You referred among other things to taxing soft drinks and energy drinks. Mr. Jeffery also suggested abolishing taxes on healthy products. In both cases, this would encourage people to make healthy food purchases. For having worked in a previous life with these low-income families, I remember very clearly that they often made specific choices. For instance, if a soft drink brand was on sale—let's say, two bottles for the price of one—whereas a litre of milk cost much more, those families chose to purchase the soft drinks, even if they knew that the milk was healthier. They put Coke on the table, because it cost less.
Have you assessed this idea of reducing the cost of certain products? Is it a factor that would encourage people to make the right choice in greater numbers? Have you done any studies or surveys to verify that?