12 per cent of Edmonton’s population is currently living in poverty. Edmonton’s job markets have been thriving, but there is some exceptions, which are doing poorly. One in five children under 18 live in poverty, and that number increases dramatically with aboriginal children, with 43 per cent of kids under six living in low-income homes. The study also found that people of African ethnic origin have the highest prevalence of low income. People seem to notice about this crisis, and decided to help out on this cause. They are supposed to create a monthly transit pass to seniors, offer a living wage for contracted City services, and expanding land for building affordable houses. If Edmonton is known to be rich with oil from the oil sand, how does poverty occur there?