Canada has a poverty problem.
The numbers are staggering. 3.2 million Canadians live in poverty. And one in five children are living below the poverty line.
But Canadians are fighting back. In the past 5 years, the poverty rate has started to decline. And one million Canadians have climbed out of poverty over the last 3 years.
Methods to combat chronic poverty and a challenge for Canadians to do more.
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