Why am I poor? : First Nations child poverty in Ontario

A of First Nations’ collective rights and recent senate report, Children: The interests, the intergenerational impact of silenced Citizens, referred to a brief the residential school system, an outdated the committee received from World vision legislative and policy framework governed by Canada that noted Canada’s standing would the indian Act, and over a decade of budget drop to 78th on the Unite [...] Most notable is the June 2008 federal government apology to Aboriginal people for the damage done by the residential school system to Aboriginal culture and language and the lasting impact it has had on the social, economic and cultural welfare of First Nation, Métis and inuit communities. [...] Poor housing is one of the risk factors The housing shortage is acute on reserve, linked to the high number of First Nations and many young mothers are forced to live children in care due to neglect (NCCAH, in over-crowded and run-down housing. [...] Children in the child protection “The severe lack of services in the system are more likely to have poor region, and the absence of child health as adults, achieve less success at mental health services, means there school, which has implications for future is no way to help or intervene in the employment, and are more likely to become lives of children at a young age.” involved in the criminal ju