Mr. Speaker, here are the facts.
Under our Conservative government, we have seen a major reduction in child poverty from a high of 18% under the Liberals to 8.5% in 2011. In fact, nearly 1.4 million fewer Canadians are living in poverty under this government.
One of the reasons for that is the universal child care benefit. It is putting money directly in the hands of Canadian families.
David Morley said:
...“[This] kept money in circulation ... money goes to poorer families, and that tends to be spent on children and then it kept money circulating in the economy as well.
That kind of investment in children is so important.”
We agree with that.