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Politics, political platforms and child poverty in Canada

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Policy Options, volume 27, number 6
Author: 
Raphael, Dennis
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
1 Jul 2006
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Abstract:

In 1989, the House of Commons pledged to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. But, writes Dennis Raphael, associate professor of health policy and management at York University, there has been little progress since then. Can we expect better from the recently elected parliament? The author explores first the reasons why Canadians should care at all about poverty and then prospects for improvements.

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