1. Children's Rights By kaly-ann cassis

2. Children’s Rights in Canada 0 all the rights was guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Humans Rights. 0 Children must be able to depend on the adult world to look after them. 0 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child-the most widely ratified human rights treaty. 0 This Convention is first legally binding international agreement to include children’s civil and political rights.

3. 0The Convention began in 1979, the International Yearof the Child.0The Convention began in 1979, the International Yearof the Child. 0 The Convention have a legal and moral obligation to advance the cause of children’s rights through administrative. 0 Canada has taken a number of steps to protect the rights of children. 0 The British Columbia government established the Ministry of Children and Family Development to help communities and families. 0 Healthy child and family development to maximize the potential of every child in B.C.

4. Canada Coalition for the Rights of Children 0 The Canada adopted the Convention on the Rights of the child in 1989. 0 The organization decided to form the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. 0 The coalition has looked into child abuse and neglect, refugee children, education, health care, and other basic rights and freedoms of Canadian children.

5. Child Poverty 0 Child poverty is perhaps the single biggest children’s rights issue in Canada. 0 In 1989, the House of Commons passed a resolution. 0 Canada’s low income cut-off meaning the family spent more than 70 percent of its income on food, clothing, and shelter. 0 In the First Nations communities, 1 in 4 children living in poverty.

6. 0 Parents with low income should pay lower taxes. 0 Other emphasize the need for governments to invest in programs and services.