Human Resources committee  Yes. There would be hookup charges, development charges, and sometimes tax abatement for a while. That's raised about $106 million, and it's targeted for 1,750 rental units and 641 home ownerships. You can see that we're able to deliver on actual homes as a result of some of thos

Human Resources committee  We haven't talked much about free transit. I think it's a major piece of what families spend their money on. I would take your federal transit tax and move it into an opportunity for an accessible fare. It is going to be costly. In our city, it's $46 million. That would be very h

Human Resources committee  It's one of the biggest issues. I would say that essential to growing a healthy population is to have children who learn at the same level so they can deal with their peers and be contributing, as children, all the way through. That means that you have to have decent, affordable

Human Resources committee  Yes, that is essential. In addition to the taxation that would come to us, there is taxation that the federal government could do—most importantly, remortgaging to get the mortgage prices down. I think that working with the community, particularly the non-profit and co-op secto

Human Resources committee  I would say it's essential. I don't think it works unless we're all collaborating together. We do yearly targets of initiatives in a work plan. We have 76 initiatives this year. I would say that approximately a quarter of them are in collaboration with other orders of government

Human Resources committee  I am able to give you one of how it helped—

Human Resources committee  —and that would be with child nutrition. The province, the private sector, the City of Toronto, and the school boards have come together, and we have several hundred thousand children who are now being fed. We've upped the percentage not only of the children but also of the contr

Human Resources committee  That's right. The last one is transit. Transit, of course, is not just about building infrastructure, but also about allowing access to it. I know that Calgary has just gone down to a $5-a-month pass. We have implemented a pass. It's not $5, but we hope that it will be. In conc

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to address the committee on such a very important issue as poverty reduction strategy. I'm very aware that you've already heard from our staff, and I very much appreciate that they've talked to you about the technical eleme