Here’s the hard-to-swallow truth about hunger

Malnutrition and deprivation is an urgent problem, and it’s clear that food is not the only answer. Canada’s social safety net is lagging, letting far too many people fall through its cracks.
Hunger is one of several societal problems that bulldozes its way through our cities. It’s time to take our diplomatic gloves off and call 'food insecurity' what it is—hunger.
Community, camaraderie, and “care-mongering”– an almost obsessive tendency toward being helpful— were emblematic of Canada’s first pandemic wave. We were all in this together. The fear and anxiety felt by everyone was powerfully unifying. Now, as the third w...

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