Child poverty 2

Child Poverty in Canada

By yjl43291

  • Motion 534 debate

    Motion 534 debate
    All parties in the House of Commons unanimously pledged to eradicate poverty among children in Canada by the beginning of the 21st century/the year 2000. This is known as Motion 534 - put forward by MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan.

  • Motion 534 passed

    Motion 534 passed
    All except one party in the Parliament voted to pass motion 534.

  • Child poverty rate: 15.3%

    Child poverty rate: 15.3%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 16.9%

    Child poverty rate: 16.9%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Campaign 2000 started

    Campaign 2000 started
    Campain 2000 is a public education movement that began out of concern about the lack of government progress in ending child poverty by 2000, as promised by the Canadian government.
    Their goal is to increase awareness on the issue of child poverty in Canada.

  • Child poverty rate: 18.2%

    Child poverty rate: 18.2%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.1%

    Child poverty rate: 19.1%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 21.3%

    Child poverty rate: 21.3%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.5%

    Child poverty rate: 19.5%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 21.0%

    Child poverty rate: 21.0%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 21.2%

    Child poverty rate: 21.2%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 20.1%

    Child poverty rate: 20.1%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.0%

    Child poverty rate: 19.0%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 18.5%

    Child poverty rate: 18.5%
    *LICO Before Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 22.3%

    Child poverty rate: 22.3%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 21.4%

    Child poverty rate: 21.4%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 21.4%

    Child poverty rate: 21.4%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 22.1%

    Child poverty rate: 22.1%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 22.6%

    Child poverty rate: 22.6%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 20.7%

    Child poverty rate: 20.7%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.6%

    Child poverty rate: 19.6%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.5%

    Child poverty rate: 19.5%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.7%

    Child poverty rate: 19.7%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Motion 534 repeat

    Motion 534 repeat
    In 2009, the pledge to end child poverty was repeated, as no government progress had been made since the first pledge in 1989, which was 20 years before.

  • Children poverty rate: 19.8%

    Children poverty rate: 19.8%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 18.9%

    Child poverty rate: 18.9%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.2%

    Child poverty rate: 19.2%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Child poverty rate: 19.1%

    Child poverty rate: 19.1%
    *LIM After Tax

  • Keep the Promise launched

    Keep the Promise launched
    The Keep the Promise campaign was launched in 2013 and ended in 2015, with similar goals as Campaign 2000. They worked with schools and communities by launching projects within these communities to help raise awareness about and end child poverty.

  • Child poverty rate: 19.0%

    Child poverty rate: 19.0%

  • Motion 534, once again

    Motion 534, once again
    Once more, a debate was held in Parliament and motion 534 was put to vote on February 4, 2015. This was 6 years after the second discussion of the pledge.