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May 22, 2014
Guelph Mercury - Lisa Needham
Everyone deserves healthy food and a fair chance at good health
Imagine not having enough food to pack a lunch for a child to take to school? What do you think you would you do in this situation?

I urge you to ask your provincial candidates what they will do to alleviate the very real problem of food insecurity in our community.

Will they support a guaranteed annual income for all, so everyone has enough money to maintain a basic standard of living, including access to healthy food and a fair chance at good health?

Will they increase the minimum wage at six-month intervals until it reaches a living wage?

Will they introduce a housing benefit so no one has to spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing, leaving them to make the choice between paying for housing and paying for food?

Click here to read the full article on the Guelph Mercury website
April 30, 2014
The Hamilton Spectator - Tom Cooper and Laura Cattari
Rising food bank use points to government inaction
Hamilton Spectator and metrolandmedialogoSocial assistance is a program of last resort, yet has become a trap for too many Ontario residents. In Hamilton alone, close to 50,000 individuals rely on either Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program as their primary source for income support.
Click here to read the full article at The Hamilton Spectator website
April 30, 2014
Orangeville Banner - Bill Tremblay
Food bank use continues to rise in Orangeville
Orangeville Banner and metrolandmedia logoThe number of Orangeville residents turning to the local food bank continues to increase.

In the last four years, the Orangeville Food Bank has recorded a 28 per cent increase in clients walking through its doors.

Click here to read the full article on the Orangeville Banner website
May 8, 2014
Timmins Press - Kelleigh Wright - Op-Ed piece
Many go hungry, too embarrassed to use food banks
Image of Kelleigh WrightIn an affluent society like ours, people don't want to have to seek food charity. So, they only do it when they are absolutely desperate said Toronto University Professor Valerie Tarasuk in a 2010 interview.

Studies have shown four million Canadians don't have access to healthy food, but only one million go to food banks.

Click here to read the full article on the Timmins Press website
May 14, 2014
Stratford Gazette - Chet Greason
Food a human right, says medical officer of health
Image of Dr. Miriam KlassenPerth County's medical officer of health, Dr. Miriam Klassen, said she feels Ontario's economic system is "punitive," and that living wages are needed to offset growing hunger and malnutrition rates.
Click here to read the full article on the Stratford Gazette website
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