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Growing food bank lines are a sign that society has lost its way, a Groceries and Essentials Benefit would help the most vulnerable citizens (www.thestar.com)
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Nine million Canadians worry about where their next meal will come from.

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Is it?

Isn't the goal is to have 100% of people fed by food banks? The complete abolition of commoditized foods?

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Food banks are privately organised and staffed by volunteers.
They're a patch that tries to barely cover the gaping hole in tax-funded welfare for the citizens.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, they should be funded by tax dollars.

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