‘While the future cannot be predicted, it absolutely can be redirected’: young people hit Parliament to call for action

Climate change, demographic shifts, and new technologies will dramatically change childhood in the coming years, while Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds acknowledged governments needed to reflect young people's 'voices and your wants for the future.'

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds told the Youth Advocacy Summit last week that 'we know there's still too many children in this country living in poverty, and we need to change that.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

November 23, 2024

Youth advocates have urged action on education, health care, mental health care, racism and discrimination on the 35th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also calling on governments to address climate change, disruptive technologie...

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