To begin with Mr. Speaker, the opinions expressed by the demonstration last week express the concerns we all have about ending poverty in this country. We as a government are very committed to that goal.
It is for that reason we have undertaken a major review and reconstruction of most of our programs. In so doing we can enable those who are presently long term unemployed, who have been out of the workforce for a long time and who do not receive proper training, to have the resources dedicated to their ability to get back into the workplace.
The Prime Minister has said many times that the best solution to poverty is a job. We are very much dedicated to reorganizing and reallocating the resources of this government along with the co-operation of the provinces to tackle this very serious problem and to give some real hope to those people who were demonstrating last weekend.