OTTAWA — With the cost of living rising at the fastest pace in decades, Canadians struggling to put food on the table are turning to community organizations…
The Community Food Centre in Stratford, Ont., says foot traffic has doubled at its discounted produce markets, where local produce is sold at lower prices than grocery stores. According to the centre, customers are spending twice as much at the market as they used to a few months ago.
Barnes said their organization has been focused on filling bellies, particularly during the pandemic, but now it’s time for governments to ensure people have sufficient incomes so that they don’t need to rely on assistance from emergency food organizations.Valerie Tarasuk, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto, said food insecurity has likely only become worse with inflation on the rise.
Both benefits are means-tested, so these proposed measures would send additional money to Canadians with low to moderate incomes. However, Page said pressure on the federal government to provide inflation-related relief will continue to mount. Randall Bartlett, Desjardins’ director of Canadian economics, said inflation is undoubtedly impacting low-income Canadians the most.
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