Finance committee  Out of nowhere.

Finance committee  I'm speaking at their AGM in just a couple of weeks, so I'll have them contact you.

Finance committee  Specifically? No.

Finance committee  A brief comment is that we believe fundamentally that the biggest issue at stake is one of coordination: coordinating these services and providing a federal vision to integrate services across the country.

Finance committee  Of course that's the million-dollar question, isn't it? What we do know are the costs of poverty—

Finance committee  What I'd say is that, unfortunately, some of the reforms that were introduced in 2004-05 have posed some complications to that—

Finance committee  Absolutely. At one point in time, the CLSCs in Quebec had community autonomy, which meant that they were led by, directed by, the governments. That's changed since 2004-05. There are new intermediary bodies that work with CLSCs that we're in conversation with. So the direct r

Finance committee  Thank you. The good news is that we can change this and we know how. For starters, we know that an increasing number of Canadians simply do not have the personal and household income and resources required to achieve and maintain health. A widening income gap and the lack of a