COVID benefits dramatically reduced child poverty in Canada, but government warned not to 'go backwards': report
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“We cannot go backwards. Poverty is a policy choice, and the federal government has the choice to build back better,” said Leila Sarangi, the national director of Campaign 2000, during a news conference on Tuesday. Miles Corak, an economics professor at the City University of New York, said the COVID-19 benefits successfully reversed inequality caused by the pandemic.
Ottawa has already met and surpassed its 2020 goal, but the National Advisory Council on Poverty warns that the progress could be reversed.Article content The council offered a set of recommendations, including working with provinces to establish an income floor above Canada’s official poverty line.
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