Nobody Supports Child Poverty

In fact if people took the time to review the Chretien/Martin years they told us at every opportunity they were going to eliminate child poverty and they had 13 years to do so. What people seem to forget is that Trudeau's cradle to grave social safety net costs $$$ and eventually the burden became too great so Martin, while finance minister, was told to reduce the government debt so he started by reducing the transfer payments to the provinces and the cycle began........

Child poverty shames Ontario TheStar.com - comment - Child poverty shames Ontario

September 12, 2007

To its shame, Ontario is now the "child poverty centre" of Canada.

That stark statement, contained in a damning report to be released today by the Social Planning Network of Ontario on the level of poverty in this province, should concern every politician running for office in the Oct. 10 election. And every voter should consider that finding as they decide which party to support in the election.

According to the group, 345,000 Ontario children under the age of 18 are now living in poverty. That amounts to 44 per cent of all children in poverty in Canada, the highest percentage ever. The report comes on the heels of another report released yesterday by Campaign 2000, a coalition that fights child poverty, which suggested governments are failing children across the country.