Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of a number of Canadians, including from my own riding of Mississauga South, on the issue of child poverty.
The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that one in five Canadian children do live in poverty; that also on November 24, 1989, the House of Commons passed a resolution to seek to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000; and also that Canada's number of poor children has increased by 60%.
The petitioners therefore call on parliament, in the 2000 budget, to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children, and the government has done just that.