Mr. Speaker, my speech is also on poverty. Earlier it was mentioned that one of the goals of the budget was to address poverty.
I have on hand—and I would like the hon. member's comments on this—the Campaign 2000 national report on child poverty in Canada. According the report's findings, child poverty has increased in Canada, during an economic boom no less, to 15.6%. In other words, one in six children live in poverty in Canada. The report cited lack of political will.
Why is that poverty was not a priority in the budget, except, obviously, for tax measures?