The poor in Canada!

The Conservative Party's candidate: Chris Alexander claimed there is no poverty in Canada.
These are Mr. Alexander's words: "Anyone who thinks though, that poverty reduction, or poverty elimination, and I believe in poverty elimination in this country, we've eliminated it for the levels the World Bank recognizes. We don't have that kind of poverty in Canada. But we still have low income."
Unidentified woman: "You're lying, you're lying."
Crowd: groans
Alexander: two dollars a day? Two dollars a day? I would ask anyone in this room to stand up and tell me who's living on $2 a day?
Unidentified woman: I'm living on less. I'm the mother of 8 children and you guys took my unemployment away from because I got fired. Do you call that fair? And I have 8 children to feed and 3 grandchildren.

So what do we do. The Conservatives deny that 3.5 million Canadians are living in poverty - including more than 1 in 10 children in Canada. Canada is ranked near the bottom of all major developed countries when it comes to working-age poverty rates.

Is this the government we want? Do we want a government that sees what it wants to see or do we want a government that recognizes we need to do a better job by acknowledging those in need. Do they understand how difficult it is to ask for help? Do they understand the humility that one feels when they have to admit they cannot do it on their own? Do they understand what it feels like to be hungry or vulnerable? Drive down Hastings and Main Street any time of day and you will see that poverty exists in Canada for all of the world to see. How can they be so blind? The sad reality is that they are not blind they simply choose to ignore the facts. How can we turn our backs on the poor moreover how do we turn our backs on children? Who is he to decide what we as taxpayers do with 'OUR' money. What happened to our compassion?