Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present eight petitions which contain hundreds of names and concern Canadian children living in poverty.
We know that on November 24, 1989, the House of Commons unanimously resolved to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Since then we realize that the number of poor children has increased over 60%.
The petitioners call upon parliament to use federal budget 2000 to introduce a multi-year program or plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children and to end poverty by the year 2000.