Yves Lessard at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On June 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 9th, 2009 / 12:55 p.m.

Bloc

Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I want to thank Mr. Vellacott, because I wanted to approach the problem in that way too.

First, thank you for being here today. As women, you are the appropriate representatives of those who work on the front lines to help people in the grips of poverty. Thank you for being here.

I am going to follow up on the thought that Mr. Vellacott raised. The people in Community Foundations of Canada are challenging community organizations to tackle the root causes of poverty too. Is there one fundamental cause of poverty?

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