1 in 5 Canadians Facing Hunger Due To Surging Food & Shelter Costs

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https://betterdwelling.com/canada-sees-1-in-5-people-go-hungry-due-to-soaring-inflation-home-prices/

 

1 in 5 Canadians according to findings are facing at least some degree of hunger as 23% of Canadians cut back on food and eat less than they should due to a lack of funds. Food inflation hit almost 10% while Housing Costs have surged squeezing families budgets

 

Housing prices have finally started a rapid price drop from their peak in February but they are still higher than a year ago, rents have not dropped along with home prices yet, and drops in home prices are coming along with rising rates meaning actual affordability has not improved. Falling home prices also do not help anyone that already took out a mortgage yet mortgage rates will rise for those people

 

Food Banks say most who used their services was chronically low income single parents, people who lost jobs or had a salary cut. Now many who have had stable jobs and haven't required food bank assistance find their wages which before sufficed no longer does

[Delulu Rogers 7,649]

I know I’ve been cutting back on food. I’m not a big eater anyways but now I’m actually avoiding buying groceries and living off of almonds to make me full 

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30 minutes ago, Delulu Rogers said:

I know I’ve been cutting back on food. I’m not a big eater anyways but now I’m actually avoiding buying groceries and living off of almonds to make me full 

Me and my family have not had to ever go hungry per say or wish we had a bigger meal

 

But what we buy gas definitely changed. For example the meat we still buy we have increased the amount of organ meats we buy cuz it's a little cheaper. Not as tasty but it's more nutritious anyway so good to get used to it. For example were often buying cow heart now instead of steak

 

We're also more careful with perishables like fruits and vegetables. We make sure to only buy the amount we will consume. Any amount that gets thrown out is a bigger deal

 

I offered to help with groceries since I'm back with my parents again but they don't wanna accept too much help since I'm currently unemployed

[LaLa 19,898]

I believe it. I almost died when I went to buy chicken breasts this week 

definitely changing up my meal planning! 

[LaLuna 12,732]

And what are governments doing to help people? Nada. This is bad. Letting people go hungry never ends well.

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12 minutes ago, LaLuna said:

And what are governments doing to help people? Nada. This is bad. Letting people go hungry never ends well.

There is a global food shortage atm (hence surging costs. I think regardless of what was done financially some ppl would go without

 

The only way around this would be some kind of global rationing and sharing so no one had to little but the rich would have to give up abundance which of course is not gonna happen

 

Even if governments tried it would would be a logistical nightmare to attempt

[Quasi 11,031]

Fresh meat isn’t an option for me anymore so I opt for frozen ground meat for my protein intake nowadays.

[shelby loved 384]

Capitalism is such a failure.

[Oriane 22,733]

Not in Canada but yes, I see that the price of the meat has almost doubled, and the price I have to pay every week for groceries is so high compared to before

[Neroneau 1,017]

Oatmilk has gone up so much too, I just let it eat into my budget, like, I don’t buy ice tea anymore I make my own 

[djparky 267]

It's the same in many countries...

[HermioneT 1,998]

Same here. I still buy the same food as ever but I cut all other expenses, like we don't go out anymore, don't eat at restaurants or get take away and so it's manageable. I'm pretty grateful my hobbies are mostly not connected to expenses, so I can keep prioritizing food.

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5 hours ago, 666 said:

Capitalism is such a failure.

Misinformed and harmful statement. 

This is communism's failure. The free world did not cause this. 

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7 hours ago, TasteLikeWhiskey said:

Misinformed and harmful statement. 

This is communism's failure. The free world did not cause this. 

It's both tbh

 

A dictatorship caused this war but Capitalism also totally fails to distribute resources (even basic necessities) evenly when there is a shortage (regardless of what caused it) so the people at the bottom really suffer

 

Edit: To be clear I'm no capitalist hater. It does have a lot of benefits when it comes to economic efficiencies, entrepreneurship and exploration of new ideas, better management of resources to produce goods than governments are capable of etc

 

But to improve on it we also need to acknowledge it's faults. It does tend to leave the most vulnerable behind because it's a every man for himself society. For that to be minimized we need to figure out ways to redirect some of the wealth flow down so it's not so much income going to so few

 

I don't agree with all left ideas about how to go about it tho as I think some would backfire in ways people aren't aware. I prefer simple well though our regulations and higher taxes primarily on the wealthy individuals themselves (not the Corporations) and use that higher revenue for to make investments in the people not just bandaid benefits although those safety nets do have their place up to a point I believe

 

I also love Bernie Sanders idea of a limit on executive and CEO pay tied in to a multiplication of what the typical employee makes. I don't like all his ideas but I think that one is excellent