Congratulations for that. I didn't realize that. I'm honoured that you're here this morning.
I'll start with you, Ms. McConnell, with respect to your ideas on poverty reduction. I remember that I once got a call that my city of Saint John, New Brunswick, and Toronto were tied—with a headline in the National Post—but tied unfortunately for the lead in LI measurement and child poverty in Canada. It was a distinction for which neither of us wanted to be at the top of the list.
When you look at things like the different initiatives you've had—Breaking the Cycle in 2009 and 2013, Realizing our Potential in 2014 and 2018, and now TO Prosperity—it seems as though cities and provinces have all kinds of different initiatives, but what's disappointing is that the needle hasn't moved. It's not for a lack of trying. I just want you to comment on how important it is to have an alignment of the three levels of government in coming up with a national poverty reduction strategy.