Mr. Speaker, the key to change lies in women's economic independence. That means jobs.
In the budget speech, at page 26, the minister said, and I quote:
-that ten years hence increasing child poverty rates will be a thing of the past-
Are we to understand that the Minister of Finance advocates the status quo in this area? Is he telling us that his government is resigned to keeping 1.3 million children in poverty?
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