Welcome back, as we return to deal with the issue of poverty and hear more testimony.
I want to welcome our two witnesses and thank you for taking time from your busy day to talk to us. As mentioned before, we've been looking at the issue of poverty for the last year or so. We've been out east and we've come out west, and it was also suggested that we come north. This is the first time our committee has travelled up here, and we appreciate the hospitality that we've been shown. Again, we appreciate getting a different perspective from what we've heard.
I'll start with Patricia Bacon from the Outreach Van. I hope you will tell us about what your organization does, and also maybe make some recommendations to us as a committee that we can go back and talk to the government about.
Welcome. You have seven minutes for questions and answers. After we hear from both witnesses we'll have questions from the MPs, either to clarify or go a bit deeper into some of the things you're talking about.