Human Resources committee  Yes, although there might be a second round of facts of tripling the cost of living; that's for sure.

Human Resources committee  I would make that point for the MBM. The LICO is a specific hybrid, I would say, that is stuck in time and is based on the consumption expenditures of Canadians. It still has a relative sense, and we assume that it tells us something about that minimum cost of living.

Human Resources committee  I think there are more serious attempts made when it comes to the market basket measure to get an idea of what that cost of living is in particular communities. So yes, that's what I would say.

Human Resources committee  This is an issue we have with all indicators. We have it with all economic indicators. We have it with inflation. We have it with poverty indicators. You want to have regular checks, but I wouldn't say every year. Look at it every five or 10 years.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. First I'd like to respond to needs. All poverty measures, the LICO, the MBM, market basket measure, but also the material deprivation indicators, don't directly look at needs. Material deprivation indicators don't look at needs, but they talk about w

Human Resources committee  Your question refers to seniors and the compassionate care program. I was a little bit confused.

Human Resources committee  From a poverty reduction sense, it makes sense that, whether they are living independently or as a couple, you look at their resources and what their needs are, and that would be the qualifying criterion, for assistance, whether through GIS or not. I would say yes, in short.

Human Resources committee  I've been studying four provincial poverty reduction strategies in detail. Most of the provinces and territories have one, with the exception of Alberta. My research shows that provinces do this differently, although there are some commonalities. In their practices, they each do

Human Resources committee  Alignment of provincial and federal governments is crucial. I understand what the other speakers said.

Human Resources committee  One suggestion I made in a piece in Policy Options in April is that for health, we have an institute for health indicators that helps us assess. People who are in there are from the federal government, municipal governments, and provincial governments, as well as health care prov

Human Resources committee  Yes, Caledon is doing it through crowdfunding.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, MP Ruimy. If you use, for instance, a material deprivation indicator to assess whether people are able to meet their necessities of life or not, you're able to take into account indirectly that living costs might be very different from one place to another.

Human Resources committee  I hear two questions. One is how we measure homelessness, and I think your idea is that a group of people who are homeless are the people who have serious mental health issues. Is that—

Human Resources committee  I know that indeed at municipal levels there are a lot of initiatives going on to actually track and measure this. There is quite some knowledge gained as to how to do that. I could connect you to people who would give you a really direct answer on that one, because I know there

Human Resources committee  Yes.