Jacques Gourde at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On April 10th, 2008. See this statement in context.

April 10th, 2008 / 10:35 a.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I'd like to thank the witnesses. I am very pleased with the quality of your testimony and with the information that you have provided.

I have a question for Ms. Michaud, from Statistics Canada. I took a lot of notes because we are proceeding quite quickly.

According to Statistics, Quebec has one of the lowest poverty rates in Canada. If that is true, then what is different in the way that the province manages to lower the cost of its basket of food so as to affect the level of poverty there, and make it one of the lowest in Canada?

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