Mr. Speaker, the deputy prime minister spouts empty rhetoric while children go hungry.
The truth is that federal support for welfare, health and education has been slashed by $3 billion since 1996 and poor people are paying the price. They are standing in food lines, living in shelters and raising kids on welfare rates that keep them in poverty.
Will the government replenish transfers to the provinces and ease the suffering of the poorest of Canada's citizens?