Human Resources committee  If you're looking at a measurement, it needs to be something that measures not only urban but also rural. In meetings, we've heard about some provinces that can't even use what is out there right now because it doesn't take into consideration the indigenous population. If you're looking at what should be considered in a market basket measure, it should be your food, your housing, your transportation, or the lack of transportation.

Human Resources committee  I think there's a great opportunity to work more collaboratively. In our two projects that we're doing, we're promoting federal projects and putting money in. The partnerships are there. In the last five to six years, I've seen a difference within the Government of New Brunswick in the collaboration between departments, but also at the federal level and making those connections.

Human Resources committee  We have a partnership. We have Facebook now, we have Twitter, we have posters, and we're doing bus ads. We do it with all our 12 community inclusion networks. When you go and file your taxes, you're also going to learn about the Canada learning bond. We're now doing super clinics that are going to include the CRA, Service Canada, ESIC, and other federal and provincial government programs.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for inviting us, and I send regrets on Stéphane Leclair's behalf. He had to attend a meeting this morning. The Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation, or ESIC as we call ourselves, is a crown corporation of the provincial government. Our program is to oversee the implementation of “Overcoming Poverty Together: the New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan”.