Canada should help people struggling with rising food costs, advocates say
“We have to deal with the incomes of people who are food insecure,” Tarasuk said. “There’s no way our food charity system can deal with this problem.”These measures should be directed at Canadians on fixed incomes and low-wage earners, she added.
Both benefits are means-tested, so these proposed measures would send additional money to Canadians with low to moderate incomes. The 2022 budget included several measures meant to improve affordability: a 10 per cent increase to Old Age Security pensions for Canadians over the age of 75 and a one-time $500 housing affordability payment to low-income Canadians.However, Page said pressure on the federal government to provide inflation-related relief will continue to mount.
Randall Bartlett, Desjardins’ director of Canadian economics, said inflation is undoubtedly impacting low-income Canadians the most.
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