Human Resources committee  I don't want to repeat myself, but I would respectfully and humbly add one plea to all the members of Parliament here, when you go back and talk in caucus to your leaders. As I recall watching the last televised leaders debate during the election, I did not hear the issue of pove

Human Resources committee  This may be a philosophical argument, and I'm not an expert in some of the policy research in which my colleagues here are. But take, for example, the heavy emphasis by Parliament in the last two to three years on health care waiting times—for cancer treatment, for hips and knees

Human Resources committee  I'll add one thing. When it comes to giving the provinces and territories money, which we have to do and I'm glad we do, that money isn't always well spent, although it may be spent with the best of intentions. I'll just give you two examples. One, you may have heard of the old

Human Resources committee  Yes, Madame Beaudin. The Canadian Paediatric Society, when we were reviewing the literature on poverty in Canada, was also very impressed with Quebec being the only province to have reduced child poverty rates during the 10- to 15-year period of recent economic prosperity. So so

Human Resources committee  I agree.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Madame, I'm not an expert in the social policy areas. As I said in my report, if you were giving money to the provinces for things like housing and other poverty reduction strategies, you have to ask the provinces to be accountable for that money and to have targets and timelines

Human Resources committee  I would agree with that. There are two issues. One is that there are not enough spaces especially to help lift low-income families and low-income moms out of poverty. Second, if you really want to make a difference when it comes to improving outcomes for early child care and

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, members of the committee, for having us here today. My name is Andrew Link. I chair the Canadian Paediatric Society advocacy committee and I'm a general pediatrician from Cape Breton. It's snowed in today, but I got out anyway. We represent 2