Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wanted to go back to eradication of poverty and Canada's commitments to the SDG 2030 agenda.
As you know, the NDP are in favour of a guaranteed livable basic income. This call was certainly a test case when CERB came to be. I was just reading today the annual B.C. child poverty report card from First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society. They mentioned that “all provinces and territories saw large decreases in their child poverty rates between 2019 and 2020” because of pandemic benefits. It goes on to say that “without continuing investments into children and families” rates will likely rise again.
Minister, what lessons will this Liberal government take away to maintain and to build on the gains made in poverty reduction throughout the pandemic and to ensure that half a million children—at least—do not fall back into poverty?