Mr. Speaker, if this government were serious about defeating poverty, it would be willing to learn the lessons in the recent income report. If we adopt U.S. style tax policy, then we are going to get U.S. style social policy and the growing income gaps that come with it. Sadly, that is the goal the government is pursuing. As UNICEF reports, countries that make up their minds to tackle poverty succeed, but in Canada, the odds are that a child of a lone parent is poor.
How can the government be so complacent about its record on poverty?