Food insecurity in Canada got worse this year, new report says - now affects 1 in 4 Canadians.

[CdnFox]

Food insecurity in Canada got worse this year, new report says - National | Globalnews.ca

That means anything from people worried about not being able to get their next meal to actually skipping meals some days. 

it's been growing for some time now and in growing this year again all reports indicate that it'll be worse by the end of the year. Last fall was kind of record-breaking for using the food banks and this year is shaping up to be similar.

Carney can reannounce all of the projects he wants but at the end of the day if he doesn't start doing something concrete people are going to start being pretty upset. There's few things worse than not knowing if you're going to be able to eat later and having to scramble to find food, or worse realizing you're not going to. 

[Barquentine]

Tell me about it! I feed a family of four on a small income. Events of the last 6 years are largely to blame but there has definitely been price-gouging by the big chains. A lot of items that we buy (or used to buy) at Loblaws have doubled in just the last 3 years, well above the rate of inflation.

Oddly enough, while prime rib is mostly out of reach, I was getting same-day caught lobster for $7/lb this year. Go figure!

[Shady]

Another great achievement for the Liberal Party.

[LinkSoul60]

Somehow the Liberal party had the same impact on US food security.  An amazing achievement to see their policies cross national borders and impact US households....

In 2023, 13.5 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during the year, meaning the households had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. The 13.5 percent of food-insecure households (18.0 million households) includes 5.1 percent (6.8 million) that experienced very low food security, a more severe form of food insecurity in which the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted. The 2023 prevalence rate of food insecurity was statistically significantly higher than the rate recorded in 2022 (12.8 percent).

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-security-and-nutrition-assistance

[herbie]

Why food insecurity is not being always tied directly with income security is what's shocking to me.

I live in the boonies yet I can buy watermelon in February, mandarin oranges in July, dragon fruit anytime. But since the Covid/Supply chain taught the sellers why waste shelf space for Welfare Family or Peasant's Choice brands that make you a quarter when you can stock only Smucker's Jams that make you $1.50.
It's the cost making the food deserts. $3.00/lb. for potatoes? $2.59 for a tiny bundle of green onions. Like I teased my sister, look those family size 25c O'Henrys are on sale for FIVE BUCKS.

[CdnFox]

10 hours ago, LinkSoul60 said:

Somehow the Liberal party had the same impact on US food security.  An amazing achievement to see their policies cross national borders and impact US households....

In 2023, 13.5 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during the year, meaning the households had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. The 13.5 percent of food-insecure households (18.0 million households) includes 5.1 percent (6.8 million) that experienced very low food security, a more severe form of food insecurity in which the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted. The 2023 prevalence rate of food insecurity was statistically significantly higher than the rate recorded in 2022 (12.8 percent).

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-security-and-nutrition-assistance

It's not even close. theirs is at 13 percent and ours s over 20. 

But I love your attempt at what aboutism. Apparently by your standards it's okay if our people starve as long as someone else is starving too  

[CdnFox]

13 minutes ago, herbie said:

Why food insecurity is not being always tied directly with income security is what's shocking to me.

 

It shouldn't be. Thanks to the idea of inflation the two aren't necessarily directly connected and tying one to the other Would likely result in both being out of reach

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I live in the boonies yet I can buy watermelon in February, mandarin oranges in July, dragon fruit anytime. But since the Covid/Supply chain taught the sellers why waste shelf space for Welfare Family or Peasant's Choice brands that make you a quarter when you can stock only Smucker's Jams that make you $1.50.
It's the cost making the food deserts. $3.00/lb. for potatoes? $2.59 for a tiny bundle of green onions. Like I teased my sister, look those family size 25c O'Henrys are on sale for FIVE BUCKS.

What a load of crap. Nobody buys watermelon in February even down here unless you're talking about the tiny little melons

And the western family and president's choice brands make those stores vastly more money than anyone else's product. That's why they exist. Your entire post is just nonsense.

The two biggest problems with food is that other cost such as housing consume vastly more than it should for most people leaving less money available for food combined with the fact that government practices and taxes drive the cost of food production up at a time when our population is increasing so there are more people fighting for the same amount of food which drives inflation.

It's not rocket science

[Barquentine]

22 hours ago, Shady said:

Another great achievement for the Liberal Party.

Oh, did they cause the food cost inflation in the US? The UK? Other countries? You might as well blame droughts and floods on the Liberals while you're at it.

 

10 hours ago, CdnFox said:

What a load of crap. Nobody buys watermelon in February even down here unless you're talking about the tiny little melons

People buy all kinds of fruit year round. Or don't you know we import fruit from southern countries? So you're totally wrong again.,

[Barquentine]

10 hours ago, CdnFox said:

And the western family and president's choice brands make those stores vastly more money than anyone else's product. That's why they exist. Your entire post is just nonsense.

Prove that. Big brands pay for shelf space and often store brands are just a bargaining chip in that exchange.