Representatives from Statistics Canada have appeared before our committee. They said that we do not have a definition of poverty in Canada, but we do have several indicators. I think that should be one of the tasks of our committee to determine which indicators we can follow up on yearly.
If we compare different indicators or different measures of poverty from year to year, we will not get anywhere. We can see that with employment insurance. It is all well and good to question the unemployment rate, as long as we are at least comparing apples to apples from one year to the next.
What I understand from your testimony is that, with regard to poverty, we need measures that enable us to track progress from year to year. That will in turn allow us to monitor whether we have achieved the objectives we have set. Is that correct?
