Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am pleased to present a petition signed by a number of Canadians, including petitioners from my own riding of Mississauga South. It concerns the issue of child poverty.
The petitioners want to draw to the attention of the House that one in five Canadian children live in poverty, and that in November 1989 the House of Commons passed a resolution to seek to achieve the elimination of child poverty by the year 2000, and also that the number of poor in Canada has increased by 60% since 1989.
The petitioners therefore call on parliament to use the federal budget 2000 to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children. I believe the finance minister did that.