'One in six is too many': Report says Alberta provincial poverty reduction strategy needed

Child poverty is on the rise in the province and non-profit public interest groups are calling on the Alberta government to act with a poverty reduction strategy – as one of only two provinces without one.
One in six children are living in poverty in Alberta as of 2016 – the most recent data available – and the number has grown 23.4 per cent over the last 10 years, according to the annual Alberta Poverty Report released Tuesday by Public Interest Alberta, the Edmonton Social Pl