Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of Human Resources Development said in the House that the new program to deal with child poverty was a permanent program.
However, the Prime Minister said something else. I will quote him, and you will realize why: "Permanent? I do not know. I do not know how long I will be around myself. We said that when we adopt a program like this one, it is a first step". His statement is somewhat enigmatic, worthy of Yogi Berra: it is permanent as long it is permanent, and when it is no longer permanent, it is not.
I wish the minister would explain how he can say this program is permanent, when the Prime Minister says he does not know how long it will be permanent.