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Child Poverty Bill

How is a balance to be struck between giving families who are living in poverty a sense of empowerment and a sense that they are the authors of their own lives—I am thinking, for instance, of the many first-generation immigrant families who live in poverty but, driven by their values, make sure that their children do not follow them—and giving them support? We need to support them, but not in a way that sustains a lack of aspiration and a lifestyle that will keep successive generations in poverty. How do we provide support in a way that is both humane and politically effective?