Thank you for the question.
The first stage began before the end of 2015, when I had the opportunity of discussing things with all of the territorial and provincial ministers by telephone, and of speaking to them about the mandate I had received, which we had announced to the population.
The second stage took place on February 4 and 5 in Edmonton, at the forum of ministers responsible for social services, where we began to discuss this important mandate and the ways of working together to develop this poverty reduction strategy.
Since the beginning of February I have been attending meetings practically every day with the various stakeholders, with a view to making both substantive and rapid progress. But sometimes there is a conflict between speed and substance, and trade-offs may have to be made. We want to do things as quickly as possible, but we also want to do them in the best possible way. With your support, and with the cooperation of all of the members of the committee, we will be able to make both speedy and substantive progress. I will be happy to keep you informed of the progress on that initiative.