2006 Report Card on Family Poverty

Campaign 2000 has recently released its 2006 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada entitled Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty For Too Long...

The report card shows that despite continued economic growth, Canada's record on child and family poverty is worse now than it was in 1989. Female lone parent families are disproportionately vulnerable to poverty, as are newly immigrated and racialized families. Campaign 2000 has recently released its 2006 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada entitled Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty For Too Long...

The report card shows that despite continued economic growth, Canada's record on child and family poverty is worse now than it was in 1989. Female lone parent families are disproportionately vulnerable to poverty, as are newly immigrated and racialized families.

In Canada, the average low income family is living in deep poverty. The average two parent low income family would need an additional $10,400/year just to bring them up to the poverty line, and the average female lone parent family is living $9,400 below the poverty line.

The report insists that government programs like the GST credit, the Canada Child Tac Benefit and Employment Insurance, do help reduce child and family poverty. A universal system of early learning and childcare, as well as an affordable housing strategy would also reduce the rates of poverty in Canada.

To read the full report, click here:
2006 Report Card.pdf