Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Matthews, you are obviously very attuned to poverty issues. You also seem to be quite close to the people whose work is aimed at resolving these problems. Furthermore, you really seem to be quite on top of things.
I would like to come back to the issue raised by our colleague, Mr. Martin, relating to the federal responsibility. As a government minister in Ontario, you are probably quite aware of the way the federal government tried to deal with this issue and of the commitment made in 1990 to reduce child poverty by 50%, with the result that we know today.
Earlier, you referred to the need to develop a national strategy. We know that the Canadian Council on Social Development has recommended to the federal government to develop a national strategy to eradicate poverty.
Do you believe that the federal government should have such a strategy? If so, what should be its main components?