child poverty

A new report is just the latest account detailing the extent of child poverty and dereliction that has blemished this country's image for a very long time.

It's 2016 and Canada is a long way from ending poverty, but three promising developments are about to lift almost half a million people above the poverty line.

A new study out Tuesday finds that Manitoba has the highest number of on-reserve First Nations children in poverty in the country. This number is rising and the situation is getting worse.

My friends have a lot on their minds lately. Getting rid of a government that cares more about what corporations want than what BC citizens need is at the top of that list.