Mr. Speaker, I do not want to get into a demagogic exercise about an issue as important as that of child poverty in our country.
We took office in 1993. We faced an extremely difficult situation. Child poverty is a problem about which we care a great deal, and this is why we introduced, as part of the employment insurance program, the family income supplement, specifically for children. We also negotiated with provinces a national child benefit, which came into effect in 1998 and whose impact will be felt—