Thank you for the question.
The National Council of Welfare feels that it's important that Canada, the federal government, establish a national anti-poverty strategy, like the Province of Quebec has done, like the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador has done. We've indicated some measures that, from our research, we think need to be part of that, and you've named those.
It's not our role, though, to lay out the complete strategy. That's the task the government has to do in consultation with people who are living in poverty and with community groups, as well as with other orders of government, because it needs to truly be an integrated approach. And I'm sure that other measures that are going to be needed will surface in that process. What's important is to make that commitment.
It really, I think, resides on Canada's human rights obligations. This is the basis of why we need a national anti-poverty strategy. It has to underlie the Canada social transfer, for sure, but it should be the lens through which we evaluate all public policies. What effect are they going to have on making sure we reduce poverty and make sure people can be prevented from falling into poverty?