From the horses mouth
Food Banks Canada numbers show that 882,000 people accessed food banks across the country last year, an all-time high. More troubling, 11 per cent of those people used the service for the first time.
“It’s mopping the floor instead of fixing the roof,” says Wilmot, a charity worker for Faith in Action in Victoria.
Linda Geggie of the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable says food banks are a “Band-Aid solution”
Food Banks Canada numbers show that 882,000 people accessed food banks across the country last year, an all-time high. More troubling, 11 per cent of those people used the service for the first time.
“It’s mopping the floor instead of fixing the roof,” says Wilmot, a charity worker for Faith in Action in Victoria.
Linda Geggie of the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable says food banks are a “Band-Aid solution”
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