Meghan Nicholls, CEO of Food Banks Mississauga, said this year was unprecedented, with the non-profit seeing the highest increase of use in its 37 year history.
Food banks in the Greater Toronto Area are looking to 2024 with concern after the high-cost of living and food inflation led reliance on food banks to skyrocket in 2023.Meghan Nicholls, CEO of Food Banks Mississauga, says this year was unprecedented, with the non-profit seeing the highest increase of use in its 37 year history.
Leadership of both major food banks say without government support to reduce poverty in the community, food banks will continue to see massive amounts of use.Talia Bronstein, vice president of research and advocacy at the Daily Bread Food Bank, said one bright spot of the past year has been the way staff, volunteers and donors have stepped up to meet the growing challenge.
Lori Nikkel, CEO of Second Harvest, a national organization that redirects surplus food from businesses to non-profit organizations like Daily Bread and Food Banks Mississauga, is also worried about the year ahead. The benefit would top up incomes so that they reach a set level. The government has a year from the bill's passing to establish what this level is.
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