Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition pursuant to Standing Order 36 from residents of my riding echoing some of the petitions filed here this morning bringing to the attention of the House that one in five Canadian children are living in poverty and that in November 1989 parliament unanimously passed a motion to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. In fact it has increased by 60%.
Therefore the petition calls upon parliament to use the federal budget for the year 2000 to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children.