Wayne Long at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On January 31st, 2017. See this statement in context.

January 31st, 2017 / 11:40 a.m.

Liberal

Wayne Long Liberal Saint John—Rothesay, NB

Thank you, Chair.

Welcome back, colleagues.

Thank you to the witnesses for great presentations.

I am from Saint John, New Brunswick, and, obviously, I was thrilled when Minister Duclos came to Saint John on September 3, I believe, to announce that Saint John would be one of the cities in the tackling poverty together study.

Mr. Murphy, for the sake of the committee, can you elaborate briefly on the expectations of the tackling poverty together initiative and how you see that tying in, especially tying in mental health, with respect to the poverty reduction strategy?

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