Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by a number of Canadians, including from my own riding of Mississauga South. It is on the subject of child poverty.
The petitioners draw to the attention of the House that one in five Canadian children live in poverty. They remind us that in 1989 the House of Commons passed a resolution to seek to achieve the elimination of child poverty by the year 2000.
The petitioners therefore call upon parliament to use budget 2000 to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children. I think we have seen that the government has done just that.