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  • Commentary | Story

    Ontario Election 2025: Putting a plan for adequate social assistance on the table

    If the next Ontario government wants to change the course of food insecurity in the province, the place to start would be OW and ODSP.

    February 14, 2025

  • Resource | Story

    [VIDEO] Dr. Valerie Tarasuk speaks with Matt Noble on solutions to household food insecurity

    Dr. Valerie Tarasuk spoke with Put Food Banks Out of Business about PROOF’s decade of research on food insecurity and how a basic income could go far in protecting Canadians from this serious public health problem.

    December 20, 2024

  • Announcement

    PROOF Principal Investigator Dr. Valerie Tarasuk appointed to Order of Canada

    Congratulations to PROOF principal investigator Dr. Valerie Tarasuk on her appointment to the Order of Canada!

    December 18, 2024

  • Story

    Responding to comparisons of food insecurity statistics in Canada and the US

    PROOF responds to the comparison of food insecurity statistics from Canada and the US made in a recent Toronto Sun column. Our calculations show that food insecurity is not more prevalent in Canada than in the US.

    October 2, 2024

  • Commentary

    National school food program won’t solve food insecurity for families.
    Here’s what can.

    While the 2024 budget included funding for a national school food program, it lacked any action on the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) – the policy best positioned to move the needle on food insecurity among families with children.

    May 7, 2024

  • Announcement | Story

    New data on household food insecurity in 2023

    We’ve summarized the latest data on food insecurity in 2023 from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey. In 2023, 8.7 million Canadians, including 2.1 million children, lived in a food-insecure household.

    April 26, 2024

  • Commentary | Research | Resource | Story

    Food insecurity in Canada is the worst it’s ever been — here’s how we can solve it

    Drawing on data from StatCan’s Canadian Income Survey, our new report has found that the percentage of households with inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints rose to 17.8% in 2022 from 15.9% in 2021.

    November 19, 2023

  • Resource

    PROOF submits brief on potential for a guaranteed livable basic income to reduce food insecurity

    PROOF submitted a brief to the Senate highlighting the potential for a guaranteed livable basic income to reduce food insecurity and improve health.

    July 24, 2023

  • Commentary | Story

    Canada Child Benefit’s Seventh Year: Reflecting on its unrealized potential to reduce food insecurity

    As Canada commemorates the seventh anniversary of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), it is essential to reflect on the program’s design and its role in addressing household food insecurity among families with children.

    July 21, 2023

  • Commentary | Story

    Canada’s national food policy is at risk of enshrining a two-tiered food system

    The federal government’s approach to food insecurity so far has been funding the expansion of local food charity. Doing so is enshrining a two-tiered food system.

    June 6, 2023