The MBM estimates the cost of a specific basket of goods and services for 2000 assuming that all items in the basket were entirely provided for out of the spending of the household. [...] The single parent with one child received 82 percent of the MBM and 70 percent of the LICO. [...] This is the gross pay of the single employable person, the single disabled person and the single parent with one child two years old. [...] The single parent with one child received the GST and QST credit, the Canada Child Tax Benefit and Supplement, the Quebec Family Allowance, the Parental Wage Assistance Program and assistance from the Shelter Allowance Program. [...] The single parent with one child earned 145 percent of the MBM and 123 percent of the LICO.