Half of Indigenous children live in poverty, above national rate, study says
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde used the study, written by
researchers at the AFN and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
to underscore the need for governments to invest in First Nations
communities as the country’s premiers gathered in Saskatchewan for an
annual meeting.
researchers at the AFN and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
to underscore the need for governments to invest in First Nations
communities as the country’s premiers gathered in Saskatchewan for an
annual meeting.
What the premiers were told is that overall, 47 per cent of First
Nations children live in poverty, more than two-and-a-half times the
national rate.