ADVOCACY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

A DUAL PATH TOWARD A BETTER ROAD AHEAD

While inflation continues to be unbiased in its wrath, many people in Canada have the incomes and savings needed to weather the storm.  Others aren’t so lucky – already having been living in deep poverty prior to the current inflationary crisis, being able to ‘scrape by’ has gone from dire to impossible for far too many. As governments at all levels in Canada look to the road ahead in building a more resilient Canada, it is crucial that attention not only be put on temporary solutions to address recent inflationary issues, but also toward the long-term solutions needed to reduce the systemic poverty that has existed for decades.

This means developing a much stronger social safety net through a dual focus – one that balances the need to reduce the cost of living (increase affordability) while also striving to increase people’s incomes (reduce poverty).

A dual approach of addressing the root causes of food bank use, which are low incomes and poverty, while also targeting the more recent acute causes, which relate to the skyrocketing costs of living, can pave the way for a more resilient Canada where no one is left behind, and no one goes hungry.

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