Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I indicated in my speech, this is something that can’t be done by government alone. We do have information that’s been provided to us by the voluntary sector and I think that very early on we have to make this a priority of this government, we have to bring together other groups, elders, youth, social agencies, industry to all agree on a way to go forward.
Yellowknife has been dealing with the homeless and has become recognized as a leader in how to work together. I think we will develop a coalition. We do have steps to go forward. Also, we need to identify what the government has to do to make it happen. We have to pass legislation for whistleblower legislation so that we can have people that can present us with ideas to go forward, and I think that an Anti-Poverty Strategy is indicated in your question a process of quite a variety of ministries – Housing, Education – and I believe that education is a single key factor that helps people get out of poverty, and of course they need economies where they can get jobs.
When Senator Eggleton was up here to talk about what the Government of Canada has done and outlined steps forward, certainly I agree with most of what he said, and I think that by working together we can have an Anti-Poverty Strategy within six months to a year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.