Finance committee  Thank you for that question. I'll start with the market basket measure. I will say that we've been working with many of our colleagues in Quebec. We share some of those concerns about the market basket measure, in particular with the way that it's being proposed as a panacea to

Finance committee  That's a really important point. I have done some travelling in the territories and visited with a number of folks living in poverty. Seeing first-hand the housing insecurity and the food insecurity in northern Canada, in the Northwest Territories, is shocking. It is shocking. T

Finance committee  Thank you. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. My name is Michèle Biss and I am the Policy Director and Human Rights Lawyer at Canada Without Poverty. For those who are not aware of our organization, CWP is a non-partisan, not-for-profit an