Canada urged to calculate how much it costs to raise children

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And it is time Ottawa invested in official estimates to guide public policy and help parents with planning, argues the report by Campaign 2000, a national coalition committed to ending child poverty across the country.

“Everyone who cares about the quality of life of Canada’s children should be concerned about the cost of raising them because it is one of the key determinants of children’s economic well-being,” the report says.