Ms. Dhalla brought up an interesting comment about the poverty study. She talked about poverty among children and poverty in families. I would like to see exactly what the parameters of our studies will be so we can get engaged. However, I think that's a good place to put our disability study as well.
I don't believe in subcommittees, because I think we're all part of this committee. I think we want to be part of anything that is being studied. I don't think we want to be off on random committees and not know what's going on in the other committees. They can be integrated quite easily. Poverty and disability issues can definitely be part of the poverty study.
Are we just going to go into the poverty study? Are we going to go into this report and find a strategy for poverty? I thought that was what Mr. Martin's interest was. That's why the employability study has to be first and foremost and be under way.
However, when it comes to separating into subcommittees, I think it really mitigates the issue considerably. I hope that's not even considered. I hope that right now we go back to exactly what we came here to decide, and that in the interest of the meeting being cancelled last week we start with the employability study and get it done. We have a little bit of room now for Bill C-265, definitely. We now know that the minister has to appear. Everybody is anxious for that. And then right away we'll get into poverty in January.
Can this somehow be done in the form of a motion to make sure it's done and that there's no more diverting to more studies?