Food Bank Canada CEO presses Ottawa for action amid record-high levels of use

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/food-bank-canada-ceo-presses-ottawa-for-action-amid-record-high-levels-of-use/

9 Comments

  1. “groceries and essentials benefit to help people cover basic costs.
    So they don’t have to decide, ‘Am I going to pay my rent or feed my family this month’?

    Hmm, if only there was a program worth nearly a billion dollars, that demonstrably provides no benefit to society, could be cut tomorrow and all that money could be used to aid those in need so they have both food and rent.

    Oh well. While Im dreaming, Id like a pony.

  2. BruceGoneLoose on

    So I come from a small town Alberta where these are from and necessary; at least, here we know there are more need worthy than us because we aren’t broke, but we get a crate every month.

    Not only do I thank everyone endlessly apart of this program (I really wish we could thank people endlessly especially the farmers), I really appreciate it in general.

    I am from Alberta but I just want everyone to know I’ll be voting Canadian if/when the referendum hits because I know who my family supports even if my provincial government does not.

  3. >PM himself said in May that Canadians will judge his leadership “by their experience at the grocery store,