Mr. Speaker, we have heard the same mantra before. If these figures are correct, why is it that child poverty has doubled in this country since the resolution was passed by the House in 1989? Why has food bank usage gone up so much?
The same report from the food bank association specifically exposes government policies like EI cuts that have driven families into poverty.
I ask again, where is the evidence that the government's actions have reduced poverty rather than increased it?