Definitely, and I'd refer again to the concept of a poverty reduction strategy that has targets, timetables, and investments. Ireland has done it, the United Kingdom has done it; both of those cases are well documented.
Here in Canada, Quebec has a bill that is law now, a poverty reduction law, since 2004. Newfoundland, one of the poorest provinces in the country, after a year's worth of consultation, in June 2006 announced their poverty reduction strategy. The province of Nova Scotia now has an all-party commission looking at it.
Definitely, it's time for the national government to step up to the plate, work with the provinces and develop a national poverty reduction strategy. Our children deserve it.