Dean Allison at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On June 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 2nd, 2009 / 1:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), our study on the federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada will continue.

I would like to welcome all the guests and witnesses today and thank you for taking time out of your schedules to be here with us.

As I think most of you know, probably, we've been in Halifax, Moncton, and Montreal, and for the last two days, we've been here in Toronto. We were here yesterday and will be here today and then hopefully we're going out west in the fall. That's the plan right now.

We do want to thank you for taking time to do this.

I'm going to start with Sylvia Hall.

We welcome you. Could you introduce yourself and tell us where you're from? You have five minutes.

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