Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
It's nice to see you again, Julie. I think the last time I saw you was in 2021, when you came to see me in my office, or we met virtually then. I'm aware of the work the organization has done over the years and the work we did back at the Ontario legislature when I was the minister for children and youth services—the new benefits we put in place back in 2016.
I want to say thank you for all the work everyone is doing to support children in general.
Contrary to what we heard the Conservatives say at the beginning, my whole life has been about supporting young people. This government, I think, has done the most work of any government to support young people—the dental benefits, the child benefit and child care for $10 a day. These are big programs for kids. I want to remind the Conservatives, who are critical of the pathway to get here, that they had a decade in government and did nothing on this file. I'm proud to be part of a government that is constantly looking for ways to improve and looking for ways to support children.
My first question is this: What do you think of the proposed changes in the fall economic statement? This is to both witnesses. Is what you saw and read in the actual document aligned with where you want to go?
We can open the floor to anyone, but I'd like to hear both witnesses respond, please.