Human Resources committee  No, it does not.

Human Resources committee  But it does collect basic demographic information from over 200 shelters in Canada, so I don't know about the potential to—

Human Resources committee  I think that's something we can explore.

Human Resources committee  Is your question specifically related to people with mental disabilities?

Human Resources committee  Yes. I apologize, but on that specific issue, I will have to get back to the committee with an answer.

Human Resources committee  It is a tough question and it's not my area of expertise, but I can certainly go back to the people in Service Canada and our employment insurance policy and raise those issues with them.

Human Resources committee  I'm just being handed something by my colleague. The link right now is the homelessness issue. Whether that approach, like the wrap-around services, can be applied when homelessness is not the fundamental issue, I think is your question. That I will have to get back to the committee on.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I have some information for the member: 30.9% of Canada pension plan disability claims are for mental disorders. I'm told that's on the rise. We'll get the additional information the member asked for.

Human Resources committee  The tackling poverty together project is really looking at qualitative research. It's talking to people, because we can't capture everything through quantitative statistics. It's to do a deep dive into how people in key Canadian communities are experiencing poverty, and how the current programming actually helps them, and where it can be improved.

Human Resources committee  That's almost the key priority of the tackling poverty together strategy.

Human Resources committee  Yes. Those are interesting questions. I will have to go back to the program experts on those issues and we'll provide a response to the committee. Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, chair and members of the committee. It really is a pleasure to be here. I'm going to provide a bit of broad context on the government's poverty reduction strategy just to set the table for my colleagues, so to speak, who will also talk about this important issue in some depth.