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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Food prescriptions – a short-sighted response to food insecurity
Providers of food prescriptions in Canada have acknowledged that they are “at best, stopgap measures” & “not a solution to food insecurity”. Canada already has a long history of stopgap measures in food charity. Can we afford to entrench another?
May 25, 2023
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New data on household food insecurity in 2022
We’ve summarize the latest data on food insecurity in 2022 from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey. In 2022, 6.9 million Canadians, including almost 1.8 million children, lived in a food-insecure household.
May 2, 2023
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What the measures in the 2023 budgets mean for food insecurity
Budget season has come to an end. The 2023-2024 federal, provincial, and territorial budgets come at a critical time where record inflation has put considerable financial strain on many Canadians.
April 13, 2023
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What’s behind the federal grocery rebate – Interview on the Shaye Ganam Show
Dr. Tarasuk spoke with Shaye Ganam on the federal “grocery rebate”, why it is a positive step in policy thinking around addressing food insecurity, and the need to go further with more adequate, enduring income supports in Canada.
April 11, 2023
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The 2023 Federal Budget has the right idea, but much more is needed to address food insecurity
Food insecurity is a problem of income inadequacy. The 2023 federal budget’s “grocery rebate” has the right idea, but falls short.
March 29, 2023
