Mr. Speaker, it is bad news today. Today, a number of food banks throughout Canada and Quebec will be holding press conferences to criticize, among other things, the cuts to the Canada health and social program transfer. According to these organizations, the cuts will add to the difficulties already being experienced by those who depend on food banks to survive.
After the brutal cuts in unemployment insurance, the student loans program, transfer payments to the provinces and, soon, in the universality of old age pensions, we must ask ourselves what has become of the fine principles that led to the creation of Canada's social safety net.