In your report, you then talk about the Canada child tax benefit, the universal child care benefit. In reference to that, you have indicated that a significant number of families receive that benefit. You conclude by saying that these are powerful instruments, “not only in terms of reducing child poverty and supplementing the incomes of families with children, but also in its ability to deliver fiscal stimulus”.
Would you agree with me that those kinds of tools are critical in addressing the issue of poverty and reducing poverty?