Jenna Sudds at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On December 3rd, 2024. See this statement in context.

December 3rd, 2024 / 12:10 p.m.

Liberal

Jenna Sudds Liberal Kanata—Carleton, ON

I'm happy to correct the record. When the Conservatives were last in government, the poverty rate for children was 16.3%. The most recent level of poverty for children, which is still too much, absolutely, is 11%. We've put in place a number of measures that have been influential in lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.

I will put out frankly that you and your colleagues in the Conservative Party have voted against every one of those measures.

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