Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present some petitions today that were gathered as part of my tour to hear about poverty across this country.
As I travelled, I carried a petition to urge the government to do a review of the social transfer in the country, that vehicle used by the federal government to ensure that provinces have the money they need to provide for all kinds of programs, particularly those programs that affect very directly the everyday well-being of some of our most marginalized and at risk citizens.
The petition has been signed by 170 people from Burnaby, Penticton and Castlegar in British Columbia.