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Today's report is still in its infancy, but we see the MBM as a promising tool that can add new dimensions to the issues. It is clear HRDC has attempted to listen to people. The report makes a comprehensive study of the many basic necessities that people needed to live in Canada in 2000. It makes sense of an issue that is often lost in vague definitions and explanations. Thus, it is an instrument to educate and to make the debate on poverty far more transparent. The components of the basket are by no means perfect, but we believe it is quite thorough in reason, though when policies change, recommendations must be updated. I think the colleagues here today have given a number of examples. The whole work around computers is a good example.
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