Are we taking care of our children?

Are we taking care of our children? This is the question that Métro tried to answer on the occasion of the International Day of Children's Rights, celebrated this Sunday, November 20.

In this Youth file , we took stock of the current situation in Montreal, by collecting data and highlighting the most striking figures, both in terms of school dropout and its consequences and in terms of child labor or child protection.

The answers given to this question show how essential it is, still in 2022, for Montreal to do everything to protect its children.

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