Mr. Speaker, the second petition relates to child poverty.
The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that one in five Canadian children live in poverty, that in 1989 the House of Commons resolved to seek to achieve the end of child poverty in Canada by the year 2000 and, furthermore, that since 1989 the number of poor children in Canada has increased.
The petitioners call upon parliament to seek to include initiatives in the upcoming federal budget to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children.