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Canadians misunderstand the plight of the poor: CPAN
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
March 16, 2011
Ninety-six per cent of Canadians, according to Angus Reid, believe that everyone deserves a sense of dignity, but only 65 per cent believe that being poor can rob you of dignity… “We do have to do a lot of work to dismiss these misconceptions,” said Ms. Smith… two-thirds of Renfrew County parents of children living in poverty do hold down a job. In 2007, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ranked Canada 12th overall for child well-being among 21 developed countries. “We don’t take care of our most vulnerable,” she insisted. “It’s not that we don’t care. It’s that we are unaware.”
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