We are being cheap with our children

Canada’s most sacred obligation is to its children, yet too many are being left behind. It is morally wrong and a failing strategy to forget that children are the future of our country.

Parliament also needs to take spending on children much more seriously. In the face of massive spending, little pause was taken to debate and consider how children would be impacted, writes Senator Rosemary Moodie. Unsplash photograph by Rene Bernal

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE

October 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep flaws in our social policy. The most vulnerable amongst us have borne the brunt of the health, economic, and social crisis. This includes Canadian children who have seen their situation worsen, in the face of an existing crisis of their well-being before the pa...

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