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Unit2UnwillinglyonHolidayFurtherdevelopment1.UnderstandingofTextII,knowingmoreinformationonAprilFool’sDay.2.Oralwork:onthetrain3.Interactionactivities:anunforgettableexperience4.Preciswriting:unwillinglyonholiday5.SupplementaryreadingChildAbuse:HowMuchLonger?Weallknowthatpreventionisbetterthancure,butprovincialministriesofhealthdevotelessthan1%oftheirbudgetstopreventionofmentalhealthproblems.Mostofthemoneygoestowardtreatment.Wewantteenagersunpreparedforparenthoodtostophavingchildren,butweareunwillingtoinvestinfamilyplanning,educationalandpreventiveservices.Theresult:TeenagepregnancyinCanadahassharplyriseninrecentyears,anincreasefrom39,340in1987to45,771in1995.Weknowthatabout26%ofCanadianchildrenexperiencebehavioural,learning,emotionalorsocialproblems,butnobodyseemstopanic.Weunderstandthatbrainmalleabilityisgreatestduringthefirstyearsoflife,butwespendmostofoureconomicandsocialresourcesonadultsandseniors.Wehavesocialfundsforunemployedpeopleandpensionplansfortheretired,butthereisnocomparablefundfordisadvantagedchildren.Weheartheeconomyisdoingverywell,butthenumberofchildrenatriskgoesupallthetime.Whileprovincialandfederalbudgetsarebeingbalanced,childrencontinuetosuffer,perhapsmorethanbefore.AchildisreportedmissinginCanadaaboutevery9minutes,foratotalofmorethan56,000casesayear.Manyofthesechildrenleavetheirhomestoescapeabuse.Closetoamillionandahalf,or21%ofCanada'schildrenliveinpoverty,halfamillionmorethanin1989,whentheentireHouseofCommonsvotedtoendchildpovertybytheyear2000.Wewantcommunitiestocontributetothewell-beingofchildrenandyouth,butinsteadofsupportingformalandinformalserviceswecuttheirfunding.Recently,theNationalForumonHealth,theStandingCommitteeonHealthoftheHouseofCommons,HealthCanada,theNationalCrimePreventionCouncil,andtheCanadianAssociationofPublicHealth,tonamebutafew,affirmedtheimportanceofstrongcommunitiesforchildren'shealth.Theseclaimsareatoddswithprevailingpoliciesofsocialdisinvestment.WeareproudoftheinternationalreputationofCanadainpromotingchild
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