Mr. Speaker, poverty is indeed an issue that has tremendously preoccupied this government since we took office, and child poverty in particular.
This is why with the provinces we have set up a new national child benefit in which we will invest as of the year 2000 $1.7 billion per year to fight child poverty for families with low income. We have in Canada a good economic climate that will help create jobs with the transitional jobs fund. We have implemented a family income supplement. I could go on and on.