Mr. Speaker, to be sure, the content of the report on poverty released yesterday by the National Council on Welfare is cause for concern.
As a government and a political party, we are firmly committed to fight the threat of poverty. Indeed, during our most recent convention, the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada passed a resolution urging the Canadian government to make every effort to eliminate poverty as quickly as possible.
But let us not forget that this is a collective responsibility. All levels of government are directly involved in the process to improve Canadians' quality of life.
We, as a government and political party and as citizens, must support any measure aimed at eliminating poverty in Canada.