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Profile - Brian Porter

338 RIDINGS, ONE ISSUE

Sin­gle mother Arafa Ah­mada, 39, a refugee from Tan­za­nia, lives in Toronto Cen­tre, which has Canada’s se­cond-high­est rate of child poverty. Ah­mada says her chil­dren, Manaal, Ma­lik and Mah­beer, thrive thanks to com­mu­nity sup­ports, like af­ter-school pro­grams.
Sin­gle mother Arafa Ah­mada, 39, a refugee from Tan­za­nia, lives in Toronto Cen­tre, which has Canada’s se­cond-high­est rate of child poverty. Ah­mada says her chil­dren, Manaal, Ma­lik and Mah­beer, thrive thanks to com­mu­nity sup­ports, like af­ter-school pro­grams.
STEVE RUS­SELL TORONTO STAR

Child and family poverty has dropped significantly across Canada since 2015, but a new report shows the problem persists in all 338 federal ridings, with First Nations and recent immigran...