Finance committee  I can't speak for all people who are poor in this country. I can speak to my experience as an educated professional living 35 years in poverty, 19 years as a single parent. It was an enormous struggle, only being able to live in dilapidated housing that had rats in my living spac

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. My name is Harriett McLachlan. I'm deputy director of Canada Without Poverty, and I'm joined today by Canada Without Poverty's executive director Leilani Farha, who is also the UN special ra

Finance committee  For sure this is historic. Senator David Croll in 1971 presented a document saying that we have to address poverty, but there are elements of this that are not helpful and that could be improved. We welcome these improvements that have been put forth. I'll let Michèle address th

Finance committee  Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. My name is Harriett McLachlan and I am the deputy director of Canada Without Poverty. As you just said, I am joined today by Canada Without Poverty's legal education and outreach coordinator, Michèle Biss.