What is child poverty?
Canada has no official definition of Child poverty.
Poverty is defined as the inability to attain certain resources. There is no concreate definition of what child poverty is or is not.
Campaign 2000
In 1989, the House of Commons passed the following motion regarding child poverty.
“Mr. Broadbent, seconded by Mr. Riis moved-- that this House expressed its concern for more then one million Canadian children living in poverty and seek to achieve the goal of eliminating poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000”
—House of Commons, November 24th,1989
This November marks 36 years since this promise was made.
We are 25 years late on the promise.
“Opportunity lost for one child is an opportunity lost for everyone.” – Participant, children and youth engagement session.
2021 Poverty Report
Top priority of the first pillar of Canada's poverty reduction plan
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Social exclusion and Child Poverty
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