Very quickly, in terms of budgets in general, I think it's important that, in the future, budgets have a link to them, an analysis of the impact of that budget on poverty. This could be built into the budget itself so that when the budget proposals are being put forward we know the impact. What will the budget do for low-income Canadians? Is it going to reduce the rate of low income, and by how much? It's very important that there be some targets in there, which could be done as well.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.