Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to our guests. It's great to see so many Atlantic Canadians represented on the panel today. I don't have to explain our situation in Saint John.
My questions are actually for you, Mr. Hughes.
I read one of your reports here, and you talk a lot about early intervention and early learning and how important that is in the fight against poverty. I'd like you to elaborate a little more on early intervention, how important it is, and what government can do from a federal perspective. Again, you speak in your report about lining up both levels of government, federal and provincial. I'd like you to elaborate a little more on early learning, early prevention, and what that can do. What ideas do you have for us?