Thank you, Ms. Maund.
You've given us a very thoughtful presentation. You came up with what you understand to be the work that Campaign 2000 has done.
You have painted a dismal little picture that child and family poverty has not moved from the same 15% level for 25 years. It gives us food for thought as we move forward on what to do.
I can understand that in 1989 we were in the economic doldrums. In 1998 we brought in the national Canada child tax benefit.
With economic growth, we have to invest in our children and in our citizens. You've given us somewhere to move forward on. Along with economic sustainability, we need to have a social justice mindset as well.
I'd like to thank you for being here.
As we move forward, if you have any more information as to the best practices in other countries, we would like to have it. When we have HRSDC or the finance department before us, we will ask them how they gauge it.
Members of the committee, we have to be mindful as well that we are a different country and we are a different government. We do things differently, but we all want to solve the same problem. Let's see how we can move forward.
With that, I'd like to give you a minute or so to wrap it up.
Thank you very much from the committee.