Manitoba child and family poverty report card 2014 : 25 years and children are no better off

In the same year, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was established and Canada was one of the countries to ratify the convention. [...] According to The Office of the Children’s Advocate, more than 10,000 children are in the care of Child and Family Services – in 2006 there were about 6,600 children in care. [...] According to the Annual Report for All Aboard, Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, about 11% of the total population live in poverty, although the rates vary according to the measure used (Market Basket Measure rates. [...] In the late 1990s, funding for childcare, education, affordable housing and social assistance were cut back significantly to address the concern for the nation’s debt and deficit. [...] This report looks at child poverty in Manitoba through three statistical comparisons: 1. Manitoba’s child poverty rate in 2012 with that of Canada as a whole and the other provinces and territories.