Despite improved employment statistics and economy, more Ontario people are turning to foodbanks for help.
In its annual report, the Ontario Association of Foodbanks says that in March and April, 499,415 visits were logged at foodbanks. That’s three per cent more than a year earlier.
The cost of housing is the main reason, eating up too much of a poor person’s money.
A third of the people being helped are children
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Whether Ontario’s increase in the minimum wage will help remains to be seen. The first increase began this month.
A third of those people were there because social assistance (welfare) is not enough to make ends meet.
