moved for leave to introduce Bill C-491, Antipoverty Act.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table an antipoverty bill that proposes to add social condition as a prohibited ground of discrimination. The bill creates a new prohibited ground of discrimination: failure to offer financial services on the basis of inadequate income. It asks the Canadian Human Rights Commission to evaluate annually poverty in Canada and the resources that should be allocated in order to eliminate it.
I look forward to receiving the support of each one of my colleagues in this House, since it is an excellent bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)