Anna Roberts at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On February 10th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 10th, 2023 / 9:55 a.m.

Conservative

Anna Roberts Conservative King—Vaughan, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, Minister, for giving us some time to ask you some very crucial questions.

You say that you have lifted 45,000 seniors out of poverty, so help me understand. What indicators of poverty are you using when you reference the statistic of 45,000 seniors being lifted out of poverty? What is the formula or metric you're using to determine these numbers?

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