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A federal campaign to end child poverty is 20 years past its deadline and has shown little progress, especially in Manitoba.
Manitoba: Poverty Central, a report released Wednesday, indicates over one in four children in Manitoba still live in poverty – more than 10% above the national average.
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Michael Redhead Champagne, a community organizer, has been working on these reports since 2014.
Champagne and his peer contributors on the report directly condemn Bill 2, section 231 and the impact it has pulling money away from families in need.
“Our provincial government is absorbing federal funding meant to go directly to kids and families affected by CFS,” Champagne said. “This keeps those kids in [CFS] care, and those dollars going into Manitoba’s general revenue.”