Finance committee  It's hard for a family to sustain itself on a single income, especially for low-wage earners, and having child care that's affordable and regularly available is going to help them get to work and not have to pay out large sums for child care at exorbitant rates. They will have to

Finance committee  That's going to be of great benefit to them. It means that they can afford to eat better, to live better, to provide for their families. You kind of cut out there, so I didn't get what was introduced federally.

Finance committee  I'm not versed on the subject in terms of who exactly will benefit from that, since it's federal and not provincial legislation. I would have to refer you to our head office to answer that particular question. I apologize.

Finance committee  I think if they're setting that standard federally, it definitely puts pressure on the provincial governments to follow suit.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for bringing that up. The story of people getting trapped in these debt cycles is not uncommon. They can't get services through a regular bank and they're forced to turn to these predatory lenders. We used to have postal banking that served low-income communi

Finance committee  Yes. A lot of our members are low-income workers and a lot of them are frontline workers, so anything that benefits or helps them make ends meet is going to be quite beneficial, as they're in a really precarious place where lost income immediately affects their material well-bein

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I'm Blaine Cameron, chair of the Ottawa Centre chapter of ACORN Canada. We're a national independent membership-based organization of low- and moderate-income people. We are a community union of 140,000 members in nine cities across Canada. Thank you very mu

Finance committee  Thank you, honourable member. My name is Blaine Cameron. I am the chair of the Ottawa Centre chapter of ACORN Canada. We're a national independent membership-based organization of low- and moderate-income people. We're a community union with 140,000 members in nine cities across

Finance committee  Okay.