Rights Of Children In Canada

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All children in Canada have rights. They have educational rights, health care rights, the right to be happy, to be understood and the right to reach their potential. In order to reach their full potential, they have to be fed, taken care of by their family, treated fairly and be respected for who they are. We are lucky to live in Canada and have all these rights.
There are numerous countries that do not have the rights we have in Canada. The countries include China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Brazil. In Kenya children don’t have the right of health care. According to www.unicef.org ,one in fourteen babies born in Kenya would die before their first birthday, and one in nine children dies before their fifth birthday. This is because

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