'Let me be very clear, we are in a crisis.”
A volunteers works at the Bathurst/Finch Community Food Space in Toronto, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Food banks say they're hoping for a particularly generous season of giving as they face duelling pressures of increased demand and inflated food costs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
“It's the government's duty to ensure that every person in this city is in a position that they can realize their right to food. So today, we are raising the alarm bells and we'll continue to do so. We will not stand silently while our neighbours go hungry,” he said, Last month, the Daily Bread saw an unprecedented 270,000 client visits, the highest-ever number recorded in its 40-year history.
“ have never been to a food bank before and now they are relying on food charity to be able to feed their families,” Hetherington said, adding more than a third of their clients work full time. Lee Soda, executive director of Agincourt Community Services, said hunger and food insecurity cannot be solved by charities.
Over in downtown Toronto, Devi Arasanayagam, co-founder and board chair of the Fort York Food Bank, said what she’s seeing on the ground is a “fragile system that is at a breaking point.”
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