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My connection to a professional in another country has not yet been established so the alternative that I chose to investigate was childhood poverty in Canada; what I found was astonishing. The CBC news reported that the poverty rate for children in British Columbia is the highest and states "The number of poor children in B.C. was 153,000 —enough children to fill the [Vancouver] Canucks' stadium over eight times," it said in reference to Rogers Arena, which has 19,000 seats” (www.cbc.ca/, pp 7, 2013). The government officials are advocating making the wages to increase and or to increase the welfare rate for single mothers who seem to be the hardest affected. The insight that came form this site was the number of children that are being affected with poverty right here in our back yards. Canada is not a third world country yet it faces poverty in the same manner. This is saddens me while at the same time is very informational and shows me that I have to advocate stronger for poverty issues and support groups that are making a difference. Reference B.C. has highest child poverty rate in Canada: report - British ... - CBC www.cbc.ca/.../canada/.../b-c-has-highest-child-poverty-rate-in-canada-report -1.2440909