The history of children and youth in Canada

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Chretien Liberals' Double Standards
By Shawgi Tell, TML Daily, 29 November 1997. 500,000 more children are living in poverty in Canada today than in 1989—a 58 percent increase. The latest information on this was released in a report by Campaign 2000, a coalition of 60 agencies lobbying for an end to child poverty.
Abuse study released
By Marlene Habib, The Canadian Press, 4 April 2001. Neglect and emotional abuse are far more common forms of child maltreatment than physical harm.