A new report by Food Banks Canada paints a bleak national picture, with most provinces receiving a grade in the D-range when it comes to tackling poverty.

Seventeen per cent of children are living in low-income households across Canada.

In its annual report to be released Thursday, the group Campaign 2000 says the Liberal government's new income-tested child benefit could fall short of its lofty goals because it isn't automatically adjusted to combat rising food and housing prices.