For 36 years, the folk at CBC Radio have felt the need to raise funds to support food banks across the province. The total, as I write this, has reached just shy of $1.8 million. A hearty thanks to all who have donated. And since the donation website is still open, perhaps the total will climb even higher.
The most recent Statistics Canada data puts the number at around 5.8 million Canadians with 1.4 million being children, in the ten provinces, or about 15.9 per cent of the population or one in every six of us.Statistics Canada does break down the definition of food insecurity into three categories. Marginal food insecurity is set at the level where a family worries about running out of food and/or have limited food choices due to a lack of money.
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