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

On February 16th, 2017. See this statement in context.

February 16th, 2017 / 11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Wayne Long Liberal Saint John—Rothesay, NB

I do believe that Medicine Hat has a wonderful model that could be used across the country.

In Saint John we have different priority neighbourhoods, as we call them. We have different wards in the city. There are certain pockets, such as ward three and ward four, where—and I mentioned before that Saint John leads the country in child poverty at 29% to 30%, depending on the measurement, and so on—it's upwards of 50% to 65%.

Do you have pockets like that in Medicine Hat? What programs do you specifically use in those neighbourhoods, if you will, to combat the issues there?

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