Finance committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Dusseault. The bill defines certain targets. Other measures will continue to exist, such as the various poverty indicators. The bill allows the Governor in Council to dissolve the council on poverty when its targets are achieved.

Finance committee  Yes. It reflects the fact that a person's income is not the only factor to consider in determining the poverty line. There are several factors, and the purpose of the dashboard is to provide more information on the various aspects of the poverty problem. Further to my colleague'

Finance committee  Perhaps I could just point to the draft legislation. There's a review provision in the legislation that speaks a little bit to what you mentioned. The legislation provides for StatsCan to determine when a review must be conducted. It's proposed subsection 7(2), if you're looking

Finance committee  The objective of the review is to make sure that the basket gets updated on a regular basis to make sure that the basket of goods and services allows Canadian families to meet basic needs.

Finance committee  The bill states that Statistics Canada is responsible for triggering a periodic review of the makeup of the consumer basket. That's all the bill prescribes for the moment.