Thank you very much for your insightful presentation. Certainly there are common threads that we have heard in the presentations here today and from others who have presented.
Higher levels of education and skills upgrading are certainly important, not just for those...but they have a way of affecting the children down the road.
I noted that you said there is a growing momentum to tackle poverty and a will to address it, but the solutions aren't always uniform. There may need to be some adaptability, Mr. Fraser said, and pat solutions might not be the same for all areas. I also get the sense that there needs to be collaboration not just between the federal and provincial governments, where there are some issues I will talk about a little later, but also with municipal governments, school boards, the teachers' federation, and elsewhere, including maybe at an international level, to tackle the problem in this fashion.
How would you describe the process that's available now? Is there a medium for that type of collaborative discussion to take place at one time? How are we doing? Is there room for improvement, and are there any suggestions on how we might better improve in that area?
It doesn't matter how you start. Mr. Cappon, you may start, if you like.