Recently British Columbia, Canada was named for Canada’s highest children’s poverty rate. The reaction among many in British Columbia was to blame the government. In fact someone I know said to me that the government has really dropped the ball on this one. If they are not careful, I wouldn’t doubt war will happen.
The person who said this has three children and works as much overtime as he can, and his wife also works. However, he says he barely makes ends meet. Despite the fact he lives in government low income housing. He told me that in the last year his rent has gone up twice.
I think this kind of reaction is quite silly, but can sort of understand where that kind reaction comes from.
Apparently many people are leaving British Columbia because they say they have a hard time making ends meet, despite them having skills such as carpentry, welding, etc...
Personally, I think many of the people who say things like that believe that the government is responsible for all poverty. I disagree with this kind of sentiment; at best I think the government can do is make it easier for employers to hire more people. Maybe create incentive programs for employers to invest in their employees in training etc.
Other than that, I am not sure how to react as a Christian to the subject of child poverty.
What are your thoughts?
Tom