Finance committee  That's the lowest we've seen. Is that correct?

Finance committee  The Canada child benefit has had a dramatic and very positive effect on making this happen. Is that correct?

Finance committee  Can you tell me what we know as a result of the fact that it's a means-tested policy that's tax-free? This obviously puts more money in people's pockets and therefore allows families that have dealt with the problem of poverty to lift themselves up, yes?

Finance committee  Finally, refresh my memory on the universal child care benefit, the predecessor to the CCB. There was a tax applied. Is that correct? It was not tax-free.

Finance committee  I didn't say that.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the officials. Is Canada alone in putting in place the market basket measure as a measure of poverty? In other words, have other countries used it as a measure of poverty?

Finance committee  In taking a made-in Canada-approach, does it reflect the fact that we've never really had an official poverty line in Canada?

Finance committee  When countries don't have an official poverty line, what are some of the challenges this presents for social policy, specifically policies meant to address the problem of poverty? What challenges result from having a patchwork quilt, so to speak, where we know what poverty looks like in one part of the country but not in other parts?

Finance committee  When you say “geographically more sensitive”, I assume that this would help us understand what the experience of poverty looks like in London, Ontario, compared to Montreal, compared to Vancouver, compared to rural and remote parts of the country. We can have a more accurate understanding of what poverty really looks like and the experience of it for people going through it, whereas before we couldn't really come to such a view.

Finance committee  Okay, we can compare and contrast now in a very serious way, in ways that we could not before. My last question for you is this: Where are we in terms of fighting poverty? Statistics Canada recently came out with some figures. Poverty is on the decline. Is that correct?

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Yalkin, are we talking about having companies keep on their database images of hazardous materials so that they can be accessed on a continuous basis? Is this what this proposal is aiming at?

Finance committee  I could have it confused with something else.

Finance committee  All right. I just wanted clarification. Thank you.

Finance committee  That's right. Is this something different?

Finance committee  I have some familiarity with true copy, and what you're talking about shares some similarities with true copy, at least in the way you describe it. This has nothing...? We're talking about apples and oranges, are we?