More than just words A statistical backgrounder to the 2008 State of our Children and Youth address Office of the Child and Youth Advocate November 24, 2008 Fredericton, New Brunswick In 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted and the House of Commons unanimously resolved to eliminate child poverty in Canada. [...] In the coming months, as North American citizens contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to save the banking sector, the financial sector, the auto sector and the list goes on; our goal will be to make sure that vulnerable children and youth in New Brunswick are not forgotten. [...] That is why the central role of the family, special measures of protection and assistance to motherhood and children, the emphasis on accessible universal primary and secondary education and the guarantee of an adequate standard of living for oneself and one’s family have found such an important place in our Universal Bill of Rights. [...] They are offered without a great degree of analysis or pruning, because we feel it is important to launch this initiative on the occasion of National Child Day this fall and to lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive state of the Child Report in New Brunswick in November 2009 and in subsequent years. [...] By comparing and contrasting our issues and the concerns and challenges we face in keeping our promises to children with the reality of children the world over we will have a stark reminder of the economic disparities from which our society and our children have benefited.
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