Don't call them deadbeats: Reasons why child support goes unpaid
New data crunched by CBC News says more than $3.7-billion is owed by parents who don't pay their court-ordered child support. And 97% of them are men. They're often referred to as deadbeats, but many dads say that label doesn't tell the whole story. Day 6 talks to one of those fathers, Hartley Ellis, about his experience. Brent also asks...
New data crunched by CBC News says more than $3.7-billion is owed by parents who don't pay their court-ordered child support. And 97% of them are men. They're often referred to as deadbeats, but many dads say that label doesn't tell the whole story. Day 6 talks to one of those fathers, Hartley Ellis, about his experience. Brent also asks Heidi Nabert, Director of Fathers Resources International, about the stories she hears in the support group for divorced fathers that she runs - and why Canada's child support system needs to change.