Nearly a quarter of Canadians are forced to make an impossible decision. A Food Banks Canada survey shows that 20 per cent of Canadians eat less than they should eat these days because of soaring costs.
This summer is expected to be the hardest the food banks have ever experienced.
Toronto-based Food Banks Canada CEO Kirstin Beardsley says food bank use rose 30% during the 2008 recession and the numbers never dropped. Today’s outlets are busier than before the pandemic.