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It takes a nation to raise a generation: Time for a national poverty reduction strategy [1]

2007 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada.
Author: 
Campaign 2000
Source: 
Campaign 2000
Format: 
Report
Publication Date: 
22 Nov 2007
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Description: Campaign 2000 has released the 2007 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty, revealing that 18 years after the 1989 all-party resolution of the House of Commons, the child poverty rate is exactly the same. Despite a growing economy, a soaring dollar and low unemployment, Statistics Canada data show: - 788,000 children &em; 11.7% - live in poverty - A job alone is not enough. 41% of low-income children live in families where at least one parent works full-time all year, and the family still lives in poverty. - The risk of living in poverty is not the same for all children. Poverty hits children in racialized, First Nations and recent immigrant communities much more often.

Region: 
Canada [3]
Tags: 
poverty [4]

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/07/12/it-takes-nation-raise-generation-time-national-poverty-redu [2] https://childcarecanada.org/sites/default/files/2007%20Report%20card%20on%20child%20and%20family%20poverty%20in%20Canada.pdf [3] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7864 [4] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/poverty