In the same year, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was established and Canada was one of the countries to ratify the convention. [...] According to The Office of the Children’s Advocate, more than 10,000 children are in the care of Child and Family Services – in 2006 there were about 6,600 children in care. [...] According to the Annual Report for All Aboard, Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, about 11% of the total population live in poverty, although the rates vary according to the measure used (Market Basket Measure rates. [...] In the late 1990s, funding for childcare, education, affordable housing and social assistance were cut back significantly to address the concern for the nation’s debt and deficit. [...] This report looks at child poverty in Manitoba through three statistical comparisons: 1. Manitoba’s child poverty rate in 2012 with that of Canada as a whole and the other provinces and territories.