TRENTON, Canada  Inflation, housing costs and poor social supports drove more than two million Canadians to use food banks in March, according to a report by Food Banks Canada released Monday. The soaring figure reported in March 2024 was almost five times the number of visits recorded for the same period in 2019. Food Banks Canada Chief Executive Officer Kirstin Beardsley said the steep increase is proof that low-income Canadians have been pushed to “the brink” and they need help immediately,

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