Mr. Speaker, it is with dismay that we read Income Security for Children , a document released as part of the reform proposal put forward by the Minister of Human Resources Development.
The minister has the nerve to put the financial burden of these measures aimed at eliminating child poverty on middle-class parents whose deductions will be reduced. The minister's cynicism has reached an all-time high. The minister does not seem to realize that such an unwarranted increase of the middle class's financial burden will inevitably force more children to live in poverty.
How can the minister be so arrogant and paternalistic as to claim that he wants to make conditions better for children, when he is making them worse? The minister has a great responsibility to these children and hundreds of thousands of Canadian children.