Nearly 7M Canadians struggling to put food on the table: report
With the cost of food, housing, and nearly all essentials on the rise, food banks are becoming increasingly vital for families struggling to make ends meet.
New research by Food Banks Canada shows 43 per cent of Canadians feel financially worse off compared to last year, and 18 per cent are facing food insecurity.
Food Banks Canada has graded each Canadian province and territory on efforts to reduce poverty.
Nivrita Ganguly reports.
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Well done Trudeau and Singh
Thank a Liberal for this mess.
@Pekoms_21
10 ай бұрын
And their sidekicks the NDP. Both serve Roger's and Bell and the 5 big banks.
@chrthewrestler2301
10 ай бұрын
someimes it is not about politics all the time. you should thank of our people's laziness and ignorance..... if you don't understand or agree, then there, this is why we are struggling in our country.
@joellyos
10 ай бұрын
@@chrthewrestler2301 nope. Liberal policies. Immigration. Where are all of these “asylum seekers” going to live? And now they talk about “housing crisis! Not enough houses!” Who will pay for their housing and food and medical and schooling? How about Liberal spending which is ruining our dollar. Shutting the country down and giving out CERB was the nail in our dollar’s coffin.
I live on my own and it’s a struggle to even feed myself.
@aburden8580
10 ай бұрын
Who else would you be feeding?
@JessT-vg7ib
10 ай бұрын
maybe u should live with someone else to share the costs
@Prizzim
10 ай бұрын
@@aburden8580 an animal maybe
@Prizzim
10 ай бұрын
@@annfoster6116 save ya money you need it too!
@aburden8580
10 ай бұрын
@@Prizzim How expensive is a goldfish?
Not just food but Vehuicle Insurance,Gas,Rent,Heat,Vehicle Licensing and many other things that require money to accomplish them.
The shrinking middle-class. People who had a little extra to spare would donate to food banks/charity. Now, these same people can't afford to donate anymore. Some of them even have to rely on food banks themselves now.
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin would have been so proud.
@judithrochon7837
10 ай бұрын
That's why they are called " bsnks" . You donate when you can afford it and take out when you can't.
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
Everyday I pay taxes in this country it's a donation. I wouldn't give another dollar because of it. They waste our money like there's no tomorrow.
And none of them are public servants
@mstar7520
10 ай бұрын
how do you know?
@cormacgreene8505
10 ай бұрын
@@mstar7520 I know everything
@mstar7520
10 ай бұрын
@@cormacgreene8505 it certainly seems to me like you guys always think that 😅
@cormacgreene8505
10 ай бұрын
@@mstar7520 absolutely
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
@@mstar7520common sense
I kept myself fed 26 out of 30 days because of garden . Not looking forward to say January -February. You can see as a Canadian how I might view the 9 billion in aid we sent Ukraine in a poor light.
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Me either. Grew up on a farm never knew hunger like this. Ready to take my life not worth living anymore.
Let's keep sending those billions to Ukraine 🇺🇦.
@InterestedCitizen
10 ай бұрын
Is that all you can say? Open your eyes. The decline is for reasons years & years before the Ukrainian war.
@user-rj1ll2eo6l
10 ай бұрын
605 million of our tax money. Trudeau, it's time to go. Thanks for your service.
@mstt3530
10 ай бұрын
He really does! There is no point of this war!
@dang7716
10 ай бұрын
And importing those millions from India
@donnaw3765
10 ай бұрын
@@user-rj1ll2eo6l The US has sent multiple billions to the one of the most corrupt leaders in the world. Something is very wrong...no accountability!
That 650million to Ukraine could have helped.
@annfoster6116
10 ай бұрын
Just think what we could have done with that money !!
How can a developed country with only 40 million population struggle to feed its people?🤔
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
A country is like a business. You put the wrong management in charge, watch it fail. Canada is no different.
@canadaclub8920
10 ай бұрын
We import lots of food because of short growing season
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
@@canadaclub8920 While Venezuela with almost the same # of people import lots of food because Chavez and Maduro decimated local industry and production with high taxes and regulations along with wholesale nationalization.
Please blame the right person for cost of food prices, the one and only PM Justin Trudeau.
@gryph01
10 ай бұрын
Blame Loblaws, Metro and Empire for food prices. They have been making record profits for the last 3 years. Companies do not make record profits when they are adjusting prices for inflation.
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
@@gryph01 No. Blame Justin Trudeau. He was the one who jacked up the taxes and regulations on their suppliers and producers resulting in higher costs just to get the food in the stores and on the shelves.
@dixonyaarmouf4630
10 ай бұрын
@@gryph01pathetic-stop making beta liberal excuses
@Jackie-lg5se
10 ай бұрын
@@gryph01 The dollar is worth less so you need more to balance the equation.
@gryph01
10 ай бұрын
@@Jackie-lg5se They raised prices beyond the rate of inflation. Also remember that large business buy under contract. I've been in a buyers position and know the games played in retail. I don't know enough about Metro or Empire, bit I do know Loblaws os involved at all levels of the supply chain. The Westons have made a handsome profit at the expense of consumers...
Taxes, regulations, big government, the causes of this are very simple
If Canadians keep voting for Trudeau and Jagmeed the middle class will be eliminated before too long. South American people are coming to Canada for a better life . Question is where are Canadians going to go when this country is done?
@koshka02
10 ай бұрын
I'd like to say US or Europe. But those places aren't fairing much better from the sounds of things. The only hope is to create a business or find a way to make a lot of money so as to essentially leap over all these problems.
@bulthaosen1169
10 ай бұрын
@@koshka02 this is a natural outcome. Relative wealth of the rest of the world will increase compared to west. The west will have to learn to live more like the rest of the world as time passes.
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
I just spoke to a Mexican migrant worker. Really nice guy. Said to me that he prefers living in Mexico over Canada. It's safer and more affordable. 😂😂 Never thought I would hear that.
@jeanettejardine3299
10 ай бұрын
We will get push out
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Or we will all be dead to car
Slow down imagination, let our systems catch up.
@dixonyaarmouf4630
10 ай бұрын
Imagine food
You know, I think the leaf on our flag should be redrawn as a leaf falling. We are no longer a healthy vibrant country. We're hurting💔
I blame little Castro for this- He loves to give away Canadian tax payers money. As well as the privately owned Central bank
@carmenlajoie2719
10 ай бұрын
Fyi 🇨🇦 has a Communist party, nice flag
@JessT-vg7ib
10 ай бұрын
I agree...the nazi sympathizer is to blame
@dang7716
10 ай бұрын
Loves importing "students" by the millions too
Well he just gave Zelensky 80,000,000 as a first installment on a much larger sum.Two absolute crook's.
@annfoster6116
10 ай бұрын
Hope they appreciate it !
@judithrochon7837
10 ай бұрын
Hopefully when Russia comes knocking on our northern border we can count on help from other countries
Fixing the tax collection can help with the problem. Tieing the benefits and pay of public servants to inflation by making them decrease if the inflation goes higher.
@patientzero291
10 ай бұрын
@@Dora-hi2nw 40% of Canadians didn't pay their taxes in Financial post feb 2019
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
There's no accountability in government. That's the major problem. When they run out of money, they just print more and create all kinds of problems. That's why government by design is a failed institute protecting only those who are members.
Well done Kahlistan pm JT
Rookie numbers, got to pump those numbers up.
First step is to axe the carbon tax.
@maxlemusa3520
10 ай бұрын
Instead of this, they will increase carbon tax and interest rate, hoping prices will come down
This is what the MPs should be worried about instead of dragging out that blunder made by Rota
@Ejexion
10 ай бұрын
How about that "blunder" by Trudeau to promise $640 M to the Nazi lovers?
@jkb358
10 ай бұрын
Blunder made by the corrupt authoritarian Trudeau regime
@lonewanderer1900
10 ай бұрын
It's all at the feet of Captain Toiletwater. The evil freak allowed and encouraged both.
I remember when the technical term "food insecurity" wasn't a thing.
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
It's not food insecurity. It's food equity. 😂😂😂
So we keep giving BILLIONS of dollars to Ukraine while Canadians are struggling. I believe in helping any country in need however we need to care for our citizens. There needs to be accountability for our tax dollars, who is filling their pockets. Every penny needs to be accounted for.
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Amen.
@dang7716
10 ай бұрын
You need to realize that the ukraine war is a scam
Perhaps instead of Trudeau spending $100M on LGBTQ initiatives or $650M to Ukraine, perhaps he can give some of that money to Canadians, or use that money to figure out a way to reduce grocery costs for Canadians. Just a humble idea.
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
Sock boy still doesn't realize it It's all his fault. He's blaming everyone else.
@latrinemarine826
10 ай бұрын
Don't you get it? "LGBTQ" is more important than you!
@jamesparker659
10 ай бұрын
But Polievre will spend the same on the same areas . Lgbt controls govt
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Pierre polliver has common sense while trudeau hasn’t an ounce of it.
@jamesparker659
10 ай бұрын
@@joyhobbs3369 not sure what common sense is going to do for a nation already destroyed. Whats needed is a civil war and the charters replaced with a great constitution like America .
Everything is Fine.... Let's bring in 2 million more people next year.
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
Make it four.
@animalmother5287
10 ай бұрын
@@on2thenextthingwill do 5. More groids lots more so we can get those looting numbers up
Let me tell you and no one cares
That’s because the NDP in BC allowed all the farmland to flood. If you can’t find the Consultants Engineering remedies call me I have copies of all those , they cost the taxpayers millions.
When a nation is suffering under criminal cost of living costs do we need to be bringing in more people whom the gov't must support ? All the while tellings it's own citizens to swing in the wind . I'd also like to note the treaty people are all sporting new vehicles and cash never seen before , can I identify as treaty person ? Feel free to discuss these things you will not say on the air ! Thanx .
" 7 million and 1 please add me to the list 👍?
Its hard to know which country this is with the majority of representatives and accents clearly not Canadian . How sad for this once great country
Lol thanks liberals 😂
@chrthewrestler2301
10 ай бұрын
someimes it is not about politics all the time. you should thank of our people's laziness and ignorance..... if you don't understand or agree, then there, this is why we are struggling in our country.
@canadiansurvivalist7222
10 ай бұрын
@chrthewrestler2301 goldfish don't think 🤔 they react just like liberals
@on2thenextthing
10 ай бұрын
@@chrthewrestler2301in this case it is about the politics. The liberals are a failed organization that is driven this country into the ground.
It's an honor and a privilege to starve to death for JT's "Great Leap Forward" initiatives!
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Not for me.
This is unbelievable that a rich country like Canada would have such poverty! Who is getting all the money? There is only 40 million ppl in Canada.
@thecosmicchild8947
9 ай бұрын
There is more people living in California than Canada alone, so imagine how we feel. It makes me mad that we are really struggling in a first world country. It makes no sense.
Okay, AND???? MORE MONEY TO UKRAINE NOW and IMMEDIATELY!!!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Do foreigners and immigrants to canada also suffer from poverty???
You can double that numger at least with the people that won't admit to having problems
But... Ukraine
Did I see the sign correctly towards the end, "$30 helps feed a family of 4 for a week"? Perhaps if they ate oatmeal and ramen noodles.
@kjw79
10 ай бұрын
The food bank was asking for $30 to find their food hamper for a family. They still need to buy things that hasn’t been donated yet
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Not in Canada.
Our supply chain needs a generational investment, roads ports and rail need expansion
Still Trudeau and jagmeet singh gives billions of aid to Ukrain😂Canada should be proud of them
@joyhobbs3369
10 ай бұрын
Proud. Disgusted is more like it.
Hmm I wonder why?!
Too much government! Trudeau must go!
I am tired of being hungry. This is new to me hunger. Grew up on a farm. Trudeau doesn’t care about canadians
Ask Justin Trudeau to what he is doing in Canada 🇨🇦 ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
What is food when rent and utils are 2k mth for a cheap place and u don’t get child support. It’s brutal!!!! Lower food prices. Lower rents.
Vote out Justin and Jag and the problem will be solved.
Gas prices, groceries and worst of all interest rates have gone out of roof. Now everything is expensive with high inflation...i don't see things changing anytime soon..
How do Canadians who voted Trudeau feel when they are in line at a Food Bank and their “elected official” is on a 160k vacation using tax payers money? 😂
Should Canada be still categorized at a first world nation ?
I have a speical diet that allows me to eat a lot of unprocessed foods like fruits vegetables, lean meats, glutean free corn free whole grain rice and quninoa as well as drinking water or tea. I 'm dariy free, egg yolk free,soy free and msg free for austism, mirgines and onion and garlic free diet. All lot of food bank cans,jars and food proudcts in packages contain a lot of ingedreidents like corn byproudcts, glutean proudcts or egg yolk sometimes and a lot of sodium too. I have had a sentitive tummy and senory issues for a long time and I would stuggle with the smell of canned soup to the point of not eatting if that was all i had. That sounds hard wow how do you do it.
This economy needs to be fixed, when right now a place to live in vancouver average is $2-4k+, like remember the saying if I had a million dollars I would be living my dream!, yea well that is still not enough to afford a 1 story broken home that legit violates basic human rights, $1.7 Million to buy that + Intrest, Fees, Taxes, possible repairs, utilities, and all that before your basic needs like FOOD! when people need to go on days without eating because they straight up can't afford it, what next? start stealing when we get desperate enough, break laws, lawlessness and chaos, it would be anarchy!
Yeah I live in Alberta. Constant struggle since he became prime minister. Never thought I would find myself living in a construction bin just recently got out trying to help my mother lucky if I get one meal a day. Canadian bacon for rich people now
On the brightside I've lost 40 lb in extra weight since May by cutting back on groceries since the massive price inflations. On the downside, I don't have much extra to lose at this rate if things persist and I want to keep food costs down.
@botheyesUp
8 ай бұрын
True. I lost almost 85. There will not be any people struggling with weight issues soon. We will all starve to death.
"struggling to make ends meet" then proceeds to show an insanely obese womans' legs walking from the food bank with free food....
Shame on both J . Justin & Jagmeet . Resign . very sad
Windfall profits tax
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
When taxing the rich hurts the poor.
@jkb358
10 ай бұрын
The blame is the corrupt authoritarian Trudeau regime. Every Canadian struggling is cause of the corrupt authoritarian Trudeau regime
Isn't the population of Canada like only 40 million?
We should get food stamps, like in the US. It would be cheaper and the money would go directly to those who need it.
I watch several videos by International students posted in youtube "" how to get free food/ ration in Canada"
When Trudeau becomes former prime minister, he can go sit in the sun and enjoy life, while we are still struggling. How does everyone like that, I sure as hell don't.
😢😢
You can fully blame the liberals for this mess
Importing 1.3 million people into our limited space cities in one year was a really smart move to alleviate the rental crisis and inflation 😂😂😂
@neonparadise3095
10 ай бұрын
Immigrants have nothing to do with that, actually the issue here is carbon tax, helping Ukraine with millions of dollars. International students have no rights to get Canadian tax payers money actually they spend all the money here, they generate income.
@animalmother5287
10 ай бұрын
@@neonparadise3095wrong
Save Canada from K-JT.
thanks trudoh
Canchinindia is toast folks It will never be the same. Especially with the doors left open for all to enter
@animalmother5287
10 ай бұрын
Sometimes I don't know whether Im living in india or Africa or some other kookamunga place. What a joke canadah smh
Yeah I'm hungry af not going to lie
How many countries Nationialized resources & currency back onto gold & joining BRICS? 50+ countries, inflation below 2% in China & Russia, plus poverty allieviation in China. CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat, RT International. Reporterfy-Cyrus Janssen-The Duran
And 70% of us are obese. That is a statistical fact. So yes we need to learn to starve a bit like the third world countries do. Those countries the people live off of rice mostly. This is for us to start being more gracious/grateful for what we have. Period. I’m struggling to put food on the table. But my son and I are over weight headed towards obese. So can I cry and can the 70% of the population in which is obese really cry? I think not. If the statistics are that most of us are obese that means we’re carrying 40+ pounds of fat. We’ll be ok.
@johntitorii6676
10 ай бұрын
16 hours a day of fasting
Here in BHARAT India u can find one time food for just 30 cents and u can enjoy two meals and fasa food for 1 dollar
@luannecorlett4683
10 ай бұрын
who cares
@EliF-ge5bu
10 ай бұрын
No offense, but in Bharat India 60% of the population earn less that 2 dollars a day. It’s freaking expensive if you spent half of your daily earnings on just two meals.
But its all Russia's fault....
Does anyone else feel like even the govt funded news has turned on Trudeau? Lmao it's about time we get this monster voted out 😭
Thank a liberal voter.
What planet are you from.
we dont need more Ukranian or have any more money to give them. we are in poor condition because of failed govt. We middle class are more in trouble , because we dont fall under food bank category but still we have nothing left in hand to eat or save for kids education.
Barely surviving
When did Global news hire an Indian-accented woman. This is not a Canadian news channel anymore. It's Indian
@luannecorlett4683
10 ай бұрын
did you ever think she Is Canadian
@canadiannaturesounds
10 ай бұрын
She’s not Canadian…
Thanks for open door uncontrolled unstoppable immigration policy Truedumb!
MORE MONEY FOR UKRAINE
Cause no jobs
I KNOW! WE SHOULD SEND 650MILLION DOLLARS TO UKRAINE :D
JUSTIN TRUDEAU GIVES CANADIANS THE PERFECT XMAS GIFT....................JUSTIN TRUDEAU RESIGNS
Please stop complaining because we need more money for Ukraine 😅
Great! Let’s give 8B to Ukraine 🇺🇦 we do t need it anyway
Yes and we have an immigrant crisis as well as a carbon tax that should be abolished.
Race to the bottom
import the 3rd world become the 3rd wolrd
Thanks liberal voters
Maybe we shouldn't of shut down our economy for 2 years? 😂 Stfu
If they are struggling to put food on their table then why dont they get a lower table.
@Be3nz
10 ай бұрын
You think this is funny? Hopefully you don't get a taste of this hard really. Sometimes we think we protected. But life strikes hard sometimes.
@RalphieMaysGhost
10 ай бұрын
@@Be3nz Get a sense of humor
@Be3nz
10 ай бұрын
Thats the problem with some people in Canada. Everything is a daym joke.
@RalphieMaysGhost
10 ай бұрын
@@Be3nz You must be fun at parties🙄
@Be3nz
10 ай бұрын
I joke at appreciate times/ the right type of joke. I don't joke at people's misery. Never joke at someone's expense. That's another problem these days. People have no boundaries
Thank capitalism for ruining working, poor, disabled etc Canadian’s lives.
@digital6string1
10 ай бұрын
Unregulated capitalism,which is the problem.It's a free for all for the wealthy parasites.
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
No. You can thank big government meddling for that. The bigger the government, the less economic and personal freedom you have.
@shauncameron8390
10 ай бұрын
@@digital6string1 Not in Canada's case. There's nothing capitalist about Carbon and Fuel tax along with restrictions on supply and production.
🫡Freeland enjoys her morning tea made from the tears of struggling Canadians 🙏
TRUE🤬
Let's buy more Saudi oil