Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Toronto—Danforth for the question and for her passion on this issue.
There are a number of historic measures we have already taken to reduce poverty. To name a couple, we have introduced the Canada child benefit, benefiting nine out of ten Canadian families and lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. There will be an increase in the GIS for low-income seniors, benefiting 900,000 seniors to ensure that they can retire in dignity.
This is why we will be working with the provinces and territories and indigenous communities to develop a national—