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Nearly 10,000 Greater Victoria children lived in poverty in 2018 BC Child Poverty Report Card shows rates highest for visible minorities Dec 21, 2020by Jane SkrypnekLocal NewsNews Wealth tax could fund $20B in aid, child care for 1.3M impoverished Canadian kids: report Indigenous children experienced higher than average rates of child poverty Dec 9, 2020by Katya SlepianCanada & WorldNews StatCan says 3.2 million living in poverty, including 566,000 children The child poverty rate of 8.2 per cent however is little changed from 2017 Feb 24, 2020by The Canadian PressCanada & WorldNews B.C. budget will have ‘very little impact’ on poverty, advocates say New Child Opportunity Benefit and income assistance increases are too small for a large effect Feb 21, 2019by Nicole CrescenziLocal NewsNews Victoria’s Our Place in desperate need of clothing donations Downtown service provider feeling pinch from less frequent community clothing drives Jan 17, 2018by Don DescoteauCommunityVideo EDITORIAL: Connect with Victoria’s homeless community on the Coldest Night of the Year Our Place taking part in national event for the first time Dec 6, 2017