The other thing I wanted to mention, colleagues, and I mentioned this to a couple of people, is that last year I spent a day in a wheelchair for the Canadian Paraplegic Association. It brings attention to the issues of persons with disabilities. This year, on May 7, the CPA and some other organizations are asking MPs if they're interested in spending a day in a wheelchair. A number of our people are looking at doing it, and for anybody on this committee who is interested in doing that, we could arrange that as well. You start at 8:30. Steven Fletcher is very much involved in this, and they're looking at a number of activities. If you're interested, you can let my office know and we can put you in touch with the Canadian Paraplegic Association.
The other thing is that since we are doing a study on poverty, and persons with disabilities are key components of any poverty study, I'm wondering if it's possible, depending on where we are, that we might arrange on that day to hear from witnesses and groups or people who actually have disabilities and are suffering from poverty. We don't have to decide this today. There will be some attention brought to the issue on the Hill on that day. It would be useful if we could arrange that. I leave that for your consideration over the break week. Perhaps we can discuss it when we get back.
If anybody is interested in spending that day in a wheelchair, it's a little bit of an insight into what it's like to be in a wheelchair. I can tell you from the experience last year that you learn a lot. It's not as easy as people might think. The thing is that we get out of the wheelchair at the end of the day. Lots of other people don't.