Human Resources committee  Thank you, Dona. I think that's a good question. Something that you said, David, made me think about the Vancouver agreement, which is an excellent example, I think, of three levels of government working together, first to identify who does what and who's responsible for what.

Human Resources committee  It's possible. It's workable. It's not an impossible task.

Human Resources committee  That reminds me of the Vancouver police department report that came out about a year and a half ago. The name has completely gone out of my head, but I'll think about it as I'm driving home. At any rate, they identified the amount of time they spent responding to downtown east

Human Resources committee  I think there's a high percentage of the immigrant and refugee population living in poverty. I know that you have women listed there, but I would also include a subset of that, which is women who are survivors of domestic violence.

Human Resources committee  Since it's longer, I'll add those who experience addictions.

Human Resources committee  I'll try. I have a couple of things. A starting point in any discussion on poverty has to be what we're talking about when we're talking about poverty. To me it's frustrating that such a measure doesn't exist. We have a measure that's used more often than other measures, so I t

Human Resources committee  Certainly having national standards is the first step. Altering EI so that it's reflective of different regional issues and regional concerns would certainly be the second recommendation that would occur to me, just off the top of my head. Certainly the working poor are comin

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I'm the director of Emergency Services for Lookout Emergency Aid Society. I also would like to thank you for the opportunity to address the standing committee. As I'm sure you're well aware, poverty has been a long-standing problem in British Columbia. For the most