Food insecurity in Canada at all-time high, surpassing peer nations

Policies to ensure livable income not keeping up with cost of living, researchers say

5 Dec 2023 • 5 min read

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Tarryn Pratt, a warehouse worker, packs food into boxes at the Food Bank in Regina. Food banks in Canada are seeing a spike in demand as food insecurity hits record levels. (Michael Bell/The Canadian Press)

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Roberto is an award-winning journalist who specializes in computational methods for investigations. Before joining the IJF, he was a data journalist at CBC News and the Montreal Gazette.

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