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Description: The Ontario government has released their Poverty Reduction Strategy with a plan to reduce child and family poverty in Ontario by 25% in the next five years. Highlights The strategy includes an increase to the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) that would provide 1.3 million children in low-income families with up to $1,310 annually. When fully implemented, the enhanced OCB will represent a total investment of $1.3 billion per year. The strategy also includes the implementation of full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds, with part of the initial focus on low-income neighbourhoods. In addition to improving readiness for success in Grade 1 and beyond, this initiative is proposed to free up important early learning resources to help more parents access additional quality child care and learning opportunities for their children. The strategy will also establish a Social Policy Institute that will focus on evidence-based social policy development and the evaluation of social policy interventions.