Thank you Mr. Chair.
I was very interested in Mr. Shillington and Ms. Notten's comments, regarding the fact that they deplore the abolition of the National Council of Welfare. I chose to contribute to the minister's efforts to develop a national poverty reduction strategy by tabling Bill C-245.
To achieve this goal, one thing I felt was essential—and that is why this is in the bill—was that we bring back a national council whose objective would be to reduce poverty, further social inclusion, and also create an Office of the Poverty Reduction Commissioner. This would allow us, as we said earlier, to develop clearer indicators than those we currently have. In addition to that, the commissioner could evaluate the success of our efforts to reduce poverty, year after year.
Ms. Notten, in your presentation, you referred to the various provincial strategies that exist. You discussed some of them, such as the one in Quebec.
Among the poverty reduction strategies that have already been put in place in several provinces and territories, which ones do you think could serve as a source of inspiration for the federal government? In connection with what Mr. Long was saying, how could we align provincial and federal efforts in a poverty reduction strategy?