The Hunger Count report, which came out nationally in October, showed Alberta saw a 73 per cent increase in food bank usage since 2019 — the highest across the country. YYC
“I think we’re facing a quadruple whammy that’s driving a wave of new homelessness and making homelessness much worse for the people who are already there,” Richter said.He said there was already an affordable housing shortage, but there are also the lingering effects of the pandemic, the higher cost of living and the opioid crisis.
The Hunger Count report, which came out nationally in October, showed Alberta saw a 73 per cent increase in food bank usage since 2019 — the highest across the country. “It’s very similar across the country. Every province across the country you’re seeing increases and struggles.”“We’re seeing a demand that we’ve not seen before, so it is stretching our resources but we’re able to feed as many people who are coming to our door,” Pasma said.Read more:Story continues below advertisement
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