Finance committee  We rely on Campaign 2000 to do the number crunching, but we are very much supportive of looking at solutions from a number of different approaches. We're not just asking for more money in the child tax benefit, but for housing and wage security.

Finance committee  I think that's really the direction. You have to continue the dialogue. We appreciate the opportunities for the discussions with business.

Finance committee  I agree with Laura that Canadians feel this is very important. We believe basically that if the government leadership can assume this as an issue that they really find important--if they agreed this is a priority and set a priority that's achievable--it would be an important step

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Caroline Di Giovanni. I'm a steering committee member of the Campaign Against Child Poverty, and since 1998 we have presented to this committee and to members of government at all levels--when we can get ourselves in the door--to focus on the issues of chil