Thank you, Ramesh, and thank you for mentioning the great time I had with you in Brampton, talking to middle-class and lower-income families who struggle every day when it comes to addressing the time pressures they have going to work and looking after their children and their education, but also making ends meet in an economy where prices increase.
On July 19, 2018, we'll celebrate a great anniversary, the second year of the Canada child benefit. The Canada child benefit is the most significant social policy innovation in a generation. It's changing the nature of this country. It's helping nine families out of 10 feed their families and help their children grow and learn.
That makes a huge difference when it comes to child poverty. Forty per cent of children living in poverty before 2016 are now being lifted out of poverty because of the Canada child benefit, and I know in Brampton it means a lot to all the middle-class and lower-income families for whom you work so hard every day, Ramesh. Thank you.