Who controls the food in your fridge?
We are living through a profit over humanity business model. Hunger is the result.
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“Pink Sticker Suppers” are a necessity for many. We stretch budgets and try to fill tummies however we can as food prices rise. “Just lower prices”? Yes. That would help.
No, we do not support shoplifting, but desperate times may call for a less vigilant eye.
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Who really needs to hear a message from hungry Canadians?
How can I help?
You could sign an online petition. You could petition the NS legislature or The House of Commons. You could write your MLA a strongly worded letter. Those are all great plans and it might make a difference.
There is an immediate need. Community-based organizations are trying to answer this need while supermarkets raise prices and our government stalls. Mutual aid and grassroots efforts need your support.
Provincial budgets have repeatedly failed to increase social assistance rates. Statistics via PROOF (food insecurity research program, report November 2023) show that 74% of households reliant on income assistance in Nova Scotia in 2021 were food insecure.
Many are exercising ingenuity in coping with skyrocketing rent and housing costs, but it is a considerable strain on families and communities. The situation is even worse for our unhoused neighbours who were sheltering in the now “de-designated locations” of Halifax parks. Housing vs food is hardly an attractive option, but this is increasingly a reality.
A majority of Canadians support Universal Basic Income, but bills S-233 & C-223 have yet to become law. Implementation of these laws would create a Canada-wide framework for the implementation of a “Guaranteed Livable Basic Income”. Research indicates that this change would grow the economy, help small businesses and reduce reliance/strain on our healthcare system.
You are one person, but a well-placed social connection could multiply your efforts infinitely.
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Who is Just Lower Prices?
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- Article: CBC News – Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct
- Article: Financial Post – Posthaste: Canada at ‘critical turning point’ as poverty worsens, warns report Visits to food banks up 50%
- Article: CBC News – The year is 1966 — and there’s a protest over Loblaws prices
- Article: Halifax Examiner – ‘Disheartening data’: Nova Scotia advocates concerned by increased poverty and food insecurity rates
- Article: Global News – Loblaw boycott: CEO responds to plans from ‘deeply unhappy’ customers
- Article: BNN Bloomberg – Canadians are taking more risks with potentially unsafe food amid high grocery prices: report
- Article: Daily Hive – Someone’s adding notes to Superstore items letting people know they’re cheaper at Dollarama
- Article: The Deep Dive – Selling Butter At 54% Profit: Leaked Docs Show Loblaws’ Exorbitant Markups
- Article: Halifax Examiner – Feed Nova Scotia creates new fund in face of increasing food insecurity