Nearly 200 Daily Bread volunteers sorted roughly 60,000 pounds of food Saturday. The charity says it's moving about 250,000 pounds of food every day to programs around the GTA.
With rising costs and stagnant wages, food bank demand in Toronto continues to rise, and the president of one charity says only government action will turn things around.Nearly 200 Daily Bread volunteers sorted roughly 60,000 pounds of food Saturday. The charity says it's moving about 250,000 pounds of food every day to programs around the GTA.
Daily Bread CEO Neil Hetherington says he doesn't expect food bank lineups to shorten until governments take action. "It's time for our government to step up and do something about it," she said. "They have a responsibility here." Mayor Olivia Chow and Premier Doug Ford spoke at Daily Bread's spring food sort Saturday. Chow says all levels of government must play a role in making life more affordable.
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