The 2008 report card being released Friday by anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 likely underestimates the true extent of hardship, says national co-ordinator Laurel Rothman. That's a lot of kids. The Ontario Association of Food Banks released an economic assessment Thursday estimating that poverty costs the federal and Ontario governments between $10.4 billion and $13.1 billion a year.
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