Mr. Speaker, poverty is an issue that has tremendously preoccupied the government since coming to office. This is precisely why our government introduced a number of measures specifically to help these people out of poverty.
We are putting $1.7 billion in the national child benefit to help children in low income families. This is on top of the $5 billion that the government is already investing toward families with children.
We also believe the best way to help people out of poverty is to help them get into the labour market. This is why we introduced the Canadian opportunities strategy to help access. We have the transitional jobs fund—