Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all those who've come to make a presentation to us here in Ottawa, as well as Mr. Sarlo, for his evidence by video link.
When we look at the situation regarding poverty and everything you mentioned earlier, we see that it's a vicious circle. It's not necessarily children who are poor; it's families that are poor and the children in those families are poor as well.
I understand that there may be differences of opinion on this point, but the statistics nevertheless show that single people are the most vulnerable and the most affected by poverty in Canada.
Most of you talked about education. If we want to be able to avoid poverty, we have to take into account the fact that the education level has an impact on people's standard of living. It's not a guarantee. Some people may have a master's degree or a doctorate — let's take the concrete example of immigrants arriving in Canada who have a profession or even some people who are studying in Canada — but they can't manage to find a suitable job and are therefore poor.
Do you agree that education is important in eliminating poverty in Canada?