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"Twenty years after a unanimous federal government motion to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, which it failed to make good on, Parliament has unanimously agreed to try again," writes Trish Hennessy, director of the Growing Gap project, in a recent rabble.ca blog.
Despite the federal government's failure to eliminate child poverty in Canada, the ninth wealthiest nation on the planet, Hennessy sees hope in the leadership some provinces in Canada are taking to reduce poverty. But she says it's time for the federal government to contribute to this effort too. To read her blog, click here.