The latest child poverty numbers look good, but the full picture is more complicated than the headline number shows, and Covid is certainly one factor.
HALIFAX, N.S. — On the surface, it looks like a great news headline about the reduction of child poverty in Nova Scotia. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in Nova Scotia revealed the data in its annual report card. But co-author Dr. Lesley Frank says it’s the result of bold and direct financial assistance that came from the federal COVID measures. And those were temporary, just like the reduction in child poverty.
The overall reduction in child poverty is fairly significant and in a single year. So it can reduce it. Without all those things, the child poverty rate would have been much higher, like at 41%, for example, so it's at 18.4.This is a snapshot of the past. And we look at food inflation, lineups at the food banks and the demand on those infrastructures, is it inevitable that that number is going to go back the other way?Well, that's what we all expect. Yes.
But it doesn't get at the root causes of why people are experiencing higher rates of poverty and higher rates of food insecurity. Our data to track that, as always is a bit slow at coming. So, the evidence comes after the stories, the quantitative evidence.This was because of a government's reaction to a global pandemic.
Because children, their lives are short , the impacts are long lasting and they can't wait. They can't wait for us to try this, try that, see what happens two years later. We need an actionable plan. I'll just add, it's important to recognize that some groups of children are much poorer than others. And so that's not just about income. There is systemic discrimination and inequality dynamics that's underlining why some groups of children have higher rates than others.
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