The “2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card” is the 26th annual publication of its kind released by the First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society. The 2022 iteration was produced in collaboration with SPARC BC and Campaign 2000. This report card contains 25 child poverty reduction recommendations which are directed at provincial and federal governments and focus on matters of economic inequality and investing in lowering barriers through universal programs.
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Targeted initiatives for groups over-represented in poverty data
Recommendation 13: Intensify efforts to help immigrants and refugees adjust to life in Canada by enhancing employment assistance, removing long-standing barriers to foreign-trained professionals accessing jobs in their field, making more language training with child care available, and improving employment standards and human rights protections and enforcement.-
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Recommendation 14: Immediately cancel all outstanding refugee transportation loan debt and cease seeking repayment of transportation costs for all new refugees coming to Canada.-
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