Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), our study of the federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada will commence. Here we are at our twenty-fourth meeting, in Moncton, which is the first of many meetings today.
I would like to extend to our guests a warm welcome. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy day to come to talk to us about this very pressing issue.
I would like to give you a bit of context on where we've been. We've been studying this in Ottawa and we are now travelling out east. We were in Halifax yesterday, we are in Moncton today, and we will be in Montreal tomorrow. We thought it was important to get out into the community, on the ground, and hear what's going on, so we appreciate your taking the time to let us know what's working, what's not working, and what can be done better.
We're going to start with Johanne Perron.
Thank you very much for being here. If your presentation doesn't cover what your organization is doing, could you talk a little bit about that? You may cover it in the presentation. It would be great if we could all get a flavour for that.
You all have five minutes. After your presentations, there will be a couple of rounds of questioning lasting seven minutes and then five minutes. That's how part of our session is going to work here.
We'll start with you, Johanne. Thank you once again for being here. I realize that you are with the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity. The floor is yours. You have five minutes; if you're over a little bit, we'll let you finish your thought. Don't worry; we won't cut you off, but as soon as the timer goes off, you should finish up your thoughts.