Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank Mr. Charlebois for joining us here to share his point of view. I also want to thank Mr. Hetherington for giving us a first-hand perspective on what is happening on the ground with food banks.
I'll start with you, Mr. Hetherington, because you answered a question from Ms. Falk about people with disabilities who were eligible for a benefit. However, yesterday at noon, people with disabilities held a gathering to call for measures to reduce poverty among their community.
This morning, Disability Without Poverty organized a breakfast. Their primary demand is that the benefit be made more adequate to meet the needs of people with disabilities. They say that $204 a month covers their needs for barely three days. In short, this budget should be increased and then an adjustment should be made that better reflects inflation.
Is that something you're seeing as well? You were talking earlier about this benefit and the specific needs of people with disabilities.