I'd like to start by thanking you all for being here today.
This is obviously a really important study for us. I often say that regardless of the party stripe, we all want to see poverty decrease in this country. We may have some different ideas on how to get there, and we're hoping that we'll be able to get some new ideas from you in terms of this.
I want to clarify a couple of things. Katherine, I think when you were answering a question from Mr. Martin you referred to poverty rising in the 1990s. Everything I've read right now says that poverty is decreasing and has been decreasing for some time in Canada.
Can you clarify the measures you were talking about?