Cost of Child Abuse in Canada

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A new study conducted at the University of Western Ontario illustrates what child-abuse-prevention advocates have been saying for years: at more than $15 billion annually, the cost of child abuse in Canada is so high that budget cuts that eliminate services to at-risk children and families cost more money than they save. Done for the Law Commission of Canada and entitled "The Economic Costs and Consequences of Child Abuse in Canada".