Why anti poverty researchers bristle at holiday appeals for food bank donations
McIntyre said in a recent interview that people go hungry because they can’t afford food, which indicates a need for systemic changes like higher wages and income support rates, or even a basic income program.
Josh Smee of the Newfoundland and Labrador group Food First says he hopes anyone donating to a food bank this year will also write to decision makers and ask them to raise the minimum wage and index income support levels to inflation.
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