Tag: child poverty

Farewell, Lisa: Here Are Lisa MacLeod’s Worst Accomplishments as Doug Ford’s Social Services Minister

Published June 21, 2019 Analysis

Why working families in Ontario won’t miss former former Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod

Struggling Families At Risk of Losing Housing Thanks to Doug Ford’s Cuts, Toronto City Manager Warns

Published May 23, 2019 New

Province’s Child Advocate calls the cuts a ‘blow to Ontario’s families’

Doug Ford’s Cuts Threaten 600 School Breakfast Programs That UNICEF Says Low-Income Children Need

Published April 23, 2019 Analysis

Recent cuts show urgent need for national school nutrition program

Bill Morneau Announced a Plan to Provide Meals to Low-Income School Children. The Plan Has No Funding.

Published March 25, 2019 Analysis

UNICEF ranked Canada near the bottom of the industrialized world

Liberal government decides low-income children will receive $500 less than originally promised

Published October 26, 2016

Low-income families will see their 'Canada Child Benefit' cheques lose roughly $500 in value per child by 2020.

Child poverty is up in Canada even after vowing in 1989 to end it

Published November 24, 2014

Way to go, Canada. A new report on child poverty in Canada — released Monday by Campaign 2000 on the 25th anniversary of the unanimous passage of former NDP leader Ed Broadbent‘s motion to end child poverty by the year 2000 — has actually increased since 1989. Back in 1989, 15.8% of children lived in poverty. Today’s report shows the […]

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