That's a very difficult question to answer in the sense that sometimes I am a little bit jealous that I'm not up here as a housing association or as an association representing persons with disabilities. I am representing the Canadian Association of Social Workers, and it's a very diverse field of practice with a very diverse politics among our members.
A poverty reduction strategy that is comprehensively addressing all the areas that your committee has identified is going to be the first thing. If I had to delineate a few really key important pieces, it would be affordable housing, a housing first strategy that did not push to the wayside other supports.
It would be a housing first strategy that included existing supports in the community. Affordable child care is so important. For the people whose supports aren't able to lift them above the poverty line, they would have a basic income to fill in the cracks. That would be my three-pronged approach to what needs to be an incredibly multi-faceted approach.
I'm very happy to see that the poverty reduction strategy announced two weeks ago is going to be engaging people with lived experience. I also think that's incredibly important.