Finance committee  Thank you very much. I also want to ask, if I may, as a last question here, about improving telephone services. You mentioned that in your opening statement. In particular, you talked about lowering wait times. How is the CRA doing that? Can you also be specific in your answer o

Finance committee  Do you have an average wait time, Mr. Hamilton, at the present time? Can CRA cite an average wait time for callers or not?

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the officials for being here. Mr. Hamilton, you've already been asked about phone scams, but as you can imagine, many of our constituents have been affected and remain concerned, so I want to follow up. You said there are education and awareness

Finance committee  Is anything being done on television? Is any message promoted on television? I ask that because, as my colleague mentioned, the elderly are particularly targeted here. They've been victimized in a great way, and yes, social media remains quite important for particular demographic

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I think we should stay on the path we were originally on. Let's move in camera and stay in camera. That's my view.

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to both of you for being here today. I have one question. How well funded is the fund as compared to other funds in other industrialized democracies where institutions have also been created to prepare citizens for retirement?

Finance committee  Okay, that's fine. You've been very clear on that. That's a great thing to put on the record, a great thing for Canadians to know, and it provides enormous reassurance, but how do we compare? How does the fund compare to similar funds in other countries? Where do we rank on the l

Finance committee  Once again, thank you to our colleague for raising the amendment and focusing on this issue. However, the subject is to be dealt with in the regulations. Therefore, I think the amendment that has been proposed should not go ahead.

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair. This amendment is required to add a new clause to fix the coming into force date for subdivision A to no later than July 15, 2019. This amendment ensures that the coming into force of this legislation is aligned with the consequential amendment relating to the

Finance committee  If my friends wish to review the record of the previous government on indigenous issues, Mr. Chair, I'm glad to do that.

Finance committee  Their new-found interest in indigenous affairs is stunning. I hope it's sincere. Something tells me it's probably not. With that said, the rationale I offered when I introduced the amendment speaks for itself.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. This is a technical amendment. The amendment is required to add a new clause to fix the coming-into-force date for subdivision A to no later than July 15, 2019. This amendment ensures that the coming into force of this legislation i

Finance committee  I don't support this amendment, nor does anyone on this side, Mr. Chair, for the reasons set out earlier when I rebutted I forget which amendment that my colleague opposite put forward, but the comments on poverty elimination and the critique of that approach stand with respect t

Finance committee  Chair, to support children's well-being and ensure that poverty is addressed early in life, the national advisory council on poverty will include a member with particular responsibilities for children's issues. This member will ensure that children's interests are taken into cons

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, we heard in testimony on this issue that the market basket measure is indeed a very useful tool for the assessment of poverty in Canada. It establishes a baseline so that progress against targets can be measured. Changing the title of the official measure of poverty wo