Old promise fails to end child poverty
The Daily News (Nanaimo)
November 22, 2008

OTTAWA -- Despite a promise made nearly 20 years ago by Parliament to eradicate child poverty by 2000, about one in nine Canadian children still lives in poverty, according to a report released Friday, and advocates fear that rate will worsen because of the current economic downturn.

….British Columbia had the highest provincial child poverty rate despite its strong economic growth, the report said.

Among the report's recommendations: Enhance the child benefit for low-income families to $5,100 a year per child; expand the employment insurance program and establish a national child-care system that is affordable and easily available.