Today is the 15th anniversary of a Canadian parliamentary motion to end
child poverty by the year 2000.  As reported yeasterday November 24th, by
Campaign 2000, a coalition of 90 anti-poverty organizations, the situation
is worse. "The child poverty rate in Canada is up for the first time since
1996. After five consecutive years of decline, the child poverty rate
increased to 15.6 per cent in 2002, which means 1,065,000 children, or
nearly 1 in 6 children in Canada, live in low income families."

see the Campaign 2000 Report at:
http://www.campaign2000.ca/

Today's Toronto Star has an excellent editorial: "Child poverty: setting
new goals" by Carol Goar
"Giving up is not an option. But clinging to a faded dream is not a solution.
So today, on the 15th anniversary of his parliamentary resolution to end
child poverty by 2000, Ed Broadbent will set a new goal. He will challenge
Canadians to reduce the child poverty rate to 5 per cent within 10 years."

see the whole editorial at:
http://tinyurl.com/6rcpg

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