[Canada] Monthly food bank use soars to record 2M, driven by cost of groceries/housing
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/monthly-food-bank-use-soars-to-record-2-million-driven-by-cost-of-groceries-housing-1.7089001
* Food Banks Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Banks_Canada
* food bank use: 2M+ visits March 2024
* double monthly visits 5 y ago in March 2019
* 6% above 2023's record-breaking #
HungerCount 2024
https://fbcblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2024/10/hungercount-2024-en.pdf
#Canada #inflation #greedflation #shrinkflation #corporations #CorporateGreed #profiteering #capitalism #PriceFixing #AlgorithmicPricing #DemandPricing #poverty #FoodSecurity
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