Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for raising some important points around poverty. She specifically referenced seniors poverty.
I want to come back to a report in 2007 from the National Council on Welfare wherein it talked about the fact that in 2007 Canada had no long-term vision, no plan, no one accountable for carrying out the plan, no resources in sight, and no accepted measures of results on an anti-poverty strategy. One of its recommendations was that the government take on a national anti-poverty strategy with a long-term vision and measurable targets and timelines.
I wonder if the member could comment on the fact that here we are in 2011 and Canada still does not have a national anti-poverty strategy.