Canadian food bank system on the brink of collapse

New poverty numbers indicate that Canada’s food bank system could be on the brink of collapsing. Heather Wright has the details.
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[@user-bs2sd3dh8q]

Ban international students scamming food

[@hosmerhomeboy]

ban international students.

[@cheehincheong6719]

if family with kids, you pay more on student fees

[@SUNILKUMAR-hh7vf]

You are living off them .

[@antonikalkowski6587]

Bro gets free international capital that fuels his economy and then scape goats the internationals for poverty problems

[@coolioso808]

But keep the capitalist system and the corporate chains that do everything to maximize profits and cut their costs including wages and salaries? Hmm? Just missed the major problem! Capitalism is the crisis. Late Stage Capitalism is ugly, and we are living through it now. Bad politicians are one of the many symptoms. Look around the world - USA, UK, Argentina, list goes on. Terrible, awful anti-social politicians are ruling. They aren't helping. Capitalism is draining the life from humanity. What do you hope to do about it? Just complain about immigrants?

[@maritimer3027]

I used to donate but now I have to save money for gas to get to work.

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

That sucks. But it's decent of you to donate when you could. Hopefully you'll be in a better position aoon

[@cheehincheong6719]

not only you me too.

[@bearhug7335]

I stopped donating to india years ago.

[@darkart7176]

Yup, same here. Used to donate regularly every couple of months for about 10+ years, but nowadays, its not easy to feed my own. And with constant influx of "highly skilled and educated" I guess they can feed themselves without me.

[@GG-vq6ro]

Why would anyone keep donating when 85% are going to newcomers anyways?

[@user-xy9by4hz6v]

International students should not get from food bank

[@isosceles1476]

1000% Agree.

[@susannowlan134]

I know eh. Its sad they come to Canada and take advantage of our resources.

[@Bandha266]

Why should they not get it they are human too they get hungry just like you do . If you knew what hungry would make you do , you never ever refuse anything to a hungry person

[@lakdev6297]

Million times agree

[@rdgpats]

@@Bandha266they’re supposed to be in Canada with funds. If not then they need to leave

[@salvvilona9078]

Welcome to Trudeau's nightmare world

[@KingCommander1000]

This is exactly what Trudeau wants.

[@corywelch667]

Trudeau, no Trudeau. Result is the same. Wake up.

[@salvvilona9078]

@@corywelch667 I'm a fighter. I don't accept that from anyone you wake up. I've got kids in this country to fight for.

[@corywelch667]

@@salvvilona9078 You are missing my point and are truly lost.

[@Vocal-Vegan]

the cons the ndippys n the lieberals r All the same, self-serving n indifferent to what Canadians actually need. wanna c how lil pp will do Canada......just look at how dougy do wrong is doing Ontario. guy has more scandals thn trudo, but lil pp does his pp dance n all of a sudden it's just warm yellow rain falln on our heads.........

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

You will eat nothing, and be happy.

[@JackieBillyTom]

well once ze bugs are all gone, yes

[@icantwiththis]

There's always crickets

[@QUICKIRONS]

BUGS! You vwill eat zee BUGS!

[@coolioso808]

Late Stage Capitalism is ugly, folks. What did you expect? Prosperity and abundance for all under capitalism? LOL!

[@cgasucks]

Don't worry. Be happy.

[@shem4753]

Food bank should be available for Canadians only.

[@cheehincheong6719]

if you run the government.

[@SUNILKUMAR-hh7vf]

Stop calling international students and immigrants, then see what happens to green economy.

[@wendigo53]

Hmm. Food bank shouldn't exist, everyone should be able to afford food.

[@jeremys3951]

@@SUNILKUMAR-hh7vftake a shower

[@susanflewelling4978]

Exactly.

[@SnowTiger45]

Our Borders should be SHUT TIGHT until and unless the economic and housing situation changes drastically for the better.

[@cheehincheong6719]

Will it happened ?

[@namessuckeh]

Sadly that won't happen. When the immigration numbers are the exact same as the annual death total, you start to realize your government is replacing you

[@zachweyrauch2988]

We don't make most of what goes into a house in our borders.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@cheehincheong6719 No, because it's not politically popular and no one is going to risk their livelihoods or reputation being labeled a racist xenophobe.

[@cheehincheong6719]

@83,👍👍👍

[@omgness14]

Justin: "Canadians have never had it better".

[@spiritthingw]

😢

[@user-qj9ig8vz5w]

He means himself!

[@HepCatJack]

Are you doing anything to help Canadians or do you expect Justin to do everything for you ?

[@nicolegriffiths8509]

​@@HepCatJackdo you not comprehend living in a democracy??? Justin SHOULD be doing everything he CAN and then some as he is the Prime Minister we as Canadians elected in a "fair system" to represent our needs....what is this guy going to do compared to what Justin Trudeau could do???? He (OP)makes a donation to the food bank vs A PM being able to enact laws and the allocation of our government money towards the problem to try and fix it.... You must be a BOT or someone who really doesn't understand how POLITICS WORK!!

[@soulsurfer639]

​Haha, but Omgness14 has no control over our economy.... Justin Trudeau does and he's destroying it​@@HepCatJack

[@lildragon6415]

Thanks for the terrible economy Trudeau!

[@coolioso808]

Whoops, you misspelled "Capitalism." Capitalism is the socially, economically and ecologically unsustainable system that creates all the problems of inequality, violence and corruption. Bad politicians like neoLib Trudeau and PP and the Cons are just symptoms.

[@wendigo53]

cuz no matter what happens, you'll blame Trudeau.

[@cwhite9800]

​@@wendigo53 government does control the most..sooo

[@SuperCowboyJesus]

​​@@wendigo53because he is one who is causing the problems? Do you follow what's going on or do you just live in your own delusional reality?

[@stewartgillis4851]

​@@wendigo53 213 to 1,another Liberal win.

[@MrBobbyBrown2006]

Food Banks should only be available for Canadians. Not international students or non-permanent residents. Canadians ONLY.

[@Quintuplebetaomega]

bUt THats RaCIst!?!?/

[@donman9154]

So should voting - but they want to wreck that as well!!

[@mgem1611]

They can eat No voting

[@namessuckeh]

It's not just the food banks. They all have subsidized apartments and free bus passes. They literally don't pay a dime for anything

[@tanniswmckinnon8574]

Technically not racist if an international students parents can afford to send them to Canada to study, they should be able to send monthly allowance to purchase food. Not everything in Canada should be free

[@snicketysnickerdoodle8484]

Canada is a breadbasket. Food should be plentiful and cheap. Is has to take an extreme amount of incompetence and/or malice for this to happen in Canada.

[@claffy2]

We have huge plots of land and the most fresh water IN THE WORLD. How in the world are we paying signicantly more for food than overcrowded, tiny places like Hong Kong???

[@shauncameron8390]

@@claffy2 Simple. 90% of the land is not suitable for farming. Canada's population centers are relatively far from each other hence high transport costs. Inter-provincial trade barriers. Bureaucracy.

[@haroldb1856]

Trudeau has waged a nonstop war against Canadian farmers.

[@X-Prime123]

​@@geelangfordo3272Yes, but the country is so enormous that we have lots of farmland too. We just build houses on it....

[@wendigo53]

@@geelangfordo3272 Yes. While Ontario is blessed with lots of farmland, it is getting paved over a little at a time by urban sprawl. Here in St. Catharines, the city continues to grow and we lose the best farmland in Canada to single detached housing.

[@danielr2986]

International students abusing this and making real Canadians suffer...

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

What are you talking about? No one mentioned international students.

[@mgem1611]

They can't find a job like everyone one else in Canada FJT get rid of carbon taxes so we can afford food

[@swamplord5710]

​@@BoogieBoogsForeveryou must live under a rock🤡👌

[@N0_191_]

They have to have money or they can not be here. Lols learn about it. You need a certain cash flow to be here.🇨🇦🧏

[@Nicc93]

@@mgem1611 there is lots of work. But its easier to hold a sign begging

[@ACm1510]

Food bank use is 85% new immigrants and international students.

[@roofpizza1250]

I hope you washed your hands after pulling out those numbers.

[@StarLight.23]

And new immigrants usually have up to six brats!

[@aerobicsparadise]

@@roofpizza1250 Yeah.. Screw you... I've got a food bank depot up the corner and it's 95% indians in the lineup and indians in minivans/suv lined up waiting to steal food.

[@halfelfwisdom6697]

@@roofpizza1250 Numbers might be false but in my small town its very odd to see "newcomers" with new cars and fancy clothing loading up on food.

[@tonybaloney8401]

​@@roofpizza1250there are countless videos of foreign students and immigrants taking food from food banks simply to save money, not because they're starving and can't afford it

[@sebastienledoux7566]

Blame excessive immigration.

[@cheehincheong6719]

by our elected party governance of our government.

[@karenjobagy5822]

@@cheehincheong6719 By our quebec dominated government.

[@bearhug7335]

​@@cheehincheong6719 Our uber corrupt traitorous government. Get the context right.

[@melrobertson2743]

​@@karenjobagy5822yet they want the government to limit how many are sent to their province

[@AwsPega]

so u dont want to blame liberals?

[@Justin-di6cp]

Broken system. Stop immigration. Axe the tax. Start focusing on Canadians

[@rettbutler1312]

Poilievre will not halt immigration. Vote PPC.

[@cheehincheong6719]

This country is built by immigrants at all their expenses

[@fucker4166]

And it’s only getting worse

[@bc5001]

@@cheehincheong6719 All immigrants are not equal. These are not the type of immigrants that built this country.

[@themodfather9382]

Who are you talking to?

[@timstevens76]

Trudeau needs to resign!

[@levinelson8697]

Arrested *

[@robertboyle255]

Charged and brought before a judge!

[@coolioso808]

But let capitalists stay in charge? Oh great, that'll really help.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@coolioso808 Yes it will. I guess you prefer Canada become another Cuba reliant on foreign aid to feed itself.

[@wendigo53]

Maybe. But that won't bring food prices down.

[@cods3]

Mass immigration will have this affect

[@coolioso808]

Late Stage Capitalism will have this affect.

[@email5023]

*effect

[@hiddenpuzzles9925]

Vote a dunce in................

[@chrisr.6638]

@@coolioso808 No, I'm pretty sure that's neomarxist mass immigration of 1.5 million every year

[@Kala12326]

Do you actually think Canada has a capitalist country? Our government is involved in every aspect of our lives.

[@mraso30]

We are in a depression yet they can't even admit it is a recession yet.

[@davidlopan9614]

No one said feeding india would be easy.

[@maximojoe7398]

Wish you were pm

[@parkerbohnn]

I don't buy curry so I won't be donating it, sorry.

[@notpoliticallycorrect4774]

Canadians are fed up supporting the food banks that turn around and give the food to new residents and international students that are just taking advantage of the Canadian generosity.

[@sivalingamponnuthurai3683]

All by design. How come food prices going through the roof in all 'Western' countries at the same time?

[@piku5637]

Capitalism

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

​@@AD-pf2ku😂 Yes it did. It's called corporate welfare. They give them favorable land rates and build infrastructure for them. Then they don't even collect the taxes we're due. And it's ongoing. But you too can get involved! Get out there and volunteer...

[@JackieBillyTom]

@@piku5637 wrong

[@TheEnglish1988]

Buying power of our currency going down...our debt is outpacing our GDP

[@N0_191_]

COVID was the catylist Governing powers world wide implemented. It is nothing that was not planned. 🇨🇦🧏

[@ottomattix86]

Not a single morsel should go to immigrants or students. Our country is stupid.

[@cheehincheong6719]

you were one of them I suspect .

[@ottomattix86]

@@cheehincheong6719 what

[@Pineflo]

Colonizer

[@SEEYAIAYE]

@@ottomattix86 Just an international student angry they're getting called out for stealing food.

[@coolioso808]

Late Stage Capitalism is ugly. What did you expect? Prosperity and abundance for all? LOL not under capitalism, that would never happen.

[@jshuyaclips1616]

FJT destroyer of Canada

[@bearhug7335]

Yes, he did, quite enthusiastically and with a putrid smile on his face.

[@PH--ov7tf]

It started with the introduction of neoliberal economics in the late 1970’s. The era of Reagan, Thatcher, Mulroney etc. Documentary: Requiem for the American (Canadian) Dream on KZbin.

[@coolioso808]

Capitalism is the crisis. Completely unsustainable. Bad politicians are just another symptom, like food insecurity and skyrocketing housing prices.

[@justsayin5609]

Yawn... taking lessons from your cousins to the south, and this is the best you can come up with?

[@morrischaban1366]

Food banks should only be for Canadians not foreign students or non-permanent residents.

[@connorwhytock8406]

I feel like I'm living in North Korea. Thank you, Trudeau.

[@Black-Rat]

It reminded me a lot more of the Soviet Union, which ended over 30 years ago...

[@user-sv7vt5cp8e]

yep, Jagmeat Singh Trudeaup

[@xToxicNinjax]

Blame Trump he destroyed NAFta

[@frankcastle2045]

​@@Black-RatRUSSIA is doing just fine

[@Black-Rat]

@@frankcastle2045 I know that, I did say "ENDED OVER 30 YEARS AGO"

[@kirstinmorrell]

After all those TikTok videos where International Students tell each other to go food banks so they can save money to party, this is no surprise.

[@vivianelanthier722]

I remember when a food bank was flooded with foreign students. Also, I wonder how many Canadians can afford to study in other countries. I'm sure there aren't many.

[@kirstinmorrell]

​@@vivianelanthier722Great point. It takes wealth and privilege to travel to another country to study.

[@MelaniaRose]

International students have the numbers to create their own food banks

[@vangoghsear8657]

It's despicable.

[@BulletNoseBetty]

Justin Trudeau's legacy. So much for his "sunny ways" and the budget balancing itself.

[@donman9154]

The "Prime Saboteur" of Canada has no shame...

[@HepCatJack]

Certainly however Harper didn't balance the budget either. He wanted to dismantle the 1930's era banking regulations that protected Canadian banks from the worst of the Great Financial crisis. No Tory government has balanced the Federal budget in the last 50 years. Not Joe Clark, Mulroney, not Campbell nor Harper. The only one to do it in recent times was Paul Martin.

[@BulletNoseBetty]

@@HepCatJack The point is that he said that the budget would balance itself. Nobody with a brain would believe that.

[@mackwiz1]

@@BulletNoseBetty : And Harper said the GST would pay off the deficit but he used the tax to build a gazebo and pay for a private jet to go to hokey games with his son.

[@HepCatJack]

@@BulletNoseBetty if nobody with a brain would believe it then why does it matter that he said it ? He could have said the tooth fairy would balance the budget and it would be as if he had said nothing.

[@donuts411]

Oh GTFO - Yet theres all kinds of money for Ukraine and immigration 😒

[@frakismaximus3052]

You think we're poor now, just wait til your boy Putin takes over. You ain't seen nothing yet

[@Annapurna818]

Third world country.

[@tylerdurden8378]

It is now. Not shocking. When you import the third world you become the third world.

[@WeTheNorthRaptors]

Food banks should be for poor canadians, not freaking international students from india

[@MelaniaRose]

Agreed. International students can make their own food banks with so many of them around.

[@mikeman8913]

I’ll never donate to a food bank because of the rampant open abuse of the system.

[@user-zf3xb3qx8w]

most of that stuff you can't digest anyway. I haven't opened a can in four decades.

[@dougashton2607]

​@@user-zf3xb3qx8wnonsense. Canned food is healthier than most prepreppared options.

[@kuruptzZz]

Pretty much everything in canada is on the brink of collapse. Highest credit card debt in the world, a house is over $1 million, rent is $2500/month, every highway is a parking lot (and we were scammed into funding a private toll highway), our "free healthcare" system is beyond overwhelmed (my father just got on a 9 month wait list for a colonoscopy), we have refugees sleeping in the street...we NEED new management!

[@on2thenextthing]

9 months is quick. I had a year wait for an MRI. Relocating shortly.

[@claffy2]

Had to wait 4 hours in the ER with a slipped spinal disc. They had no beds available so I was forced to STAND. The ER waiting room was full of foreign immigrants who didn't speak English with 4-6 kids who all had a sore throat.

[@rl00668]

@@claffy2 Yup. Indians clogging up the health care system that they haven't paid ONE CENT into. It's your tax dollars funding these peoples healthcare.

[@robertharinga8860]

I see this crap all the time. It makes me sick! Hopefully you are doing fine.

[@Pineflo]

Eye witnesses statements are least credible

[@haroldtucker2686]

For real Canadians not refugees or immigrants

[@glennevins5180]

Thank Trudeau, he'd rather feed and house his record immigrants and refugees than help Canadians, Trudeau lives like a king and we suffer

[@Pineflo]

You guys elected him

[@triggerwarningiidentifyasc725]

@@Pineflo No they change the rule, Cons have more seats than Libs and Libs are still governing

[@rontrulycanadian995]

Trudeau's legacy.....poverty in one of the world's richest countries.

[@capri2673]

It's not incompetence, either. It's all planned.

[@DavoZed]

Poverty was cut in half by the Trudeau government, in terms of the number of Canadians living in poverty, under the Harper government. You would do well to actually do some reading. Assuming you can read.

[@ML-my8qq]

@@DavoZed government hand outs don’t actually lower poverty

[@barryduff9839]

Wages have not kept up to the cost of living. Since the late 70’s. regardless of party in power.

[@rontrulycanadian995]

@@DavoZed 😀

[@crawz83]

Hey, at least Jagmeet will get his pension tho right?

[@jumbome7420]

Thank liberal and NDP voters this is the Canada they want

[@whushaw]

None of the major parties will fix any of this. We need a revamp of the entire political system.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

​@@whushaw Weird how under Justin's government so many things have fallen apart....🤔

[@roofpizza1250]

Funny how it's a provincial thing rather than a federal thing.

[@tonyfulford3175]

@@roofpizza1250 Our once great country being flooded with illegal aliens is a Provincial matter ?? Gee learn something new every day. Why do we have a Federal government again ?

[@foilhat1138]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 True but on the issue of rampant immigration the CPC is in lock step with the Liberals.

[@steveb9713]

Our liberal government continues to ignore all the important Canadian problems

[@user-zs5ku4yw5r]

Stop the immigration for 3 years and limit the international students from India for 10 years. and start building the economy again.

[@jay1645]

How will our masters live w/o lowered labor costs lol ? May need food banks ..

[@marjorielicup7514]

The immigration is officially closed since 2015, the criminals are running it.

[@mudra5114]

Too late to stop immigration now. Millions have already come in.

[@treyq1982]

went to food banks to look around, the entire line was indians, barely any canadians among them

[@JohnSmith-ss2bz]

Sorry but students should not have access to food banks.

[@user-pf3qu1dt1b]

Lots of international students go there. I stopped donating. If you come abroad as a student you know how much money you have to pay. Don't abuse the system. So dishonest.

[@MelaniaRose]

International students can create their own food banks with so many of them in Canada.

[@JCMW-hw9jl]

Indians teach each other on youtube how to game these food banks wake up Canadians.

[@892303001]

Great work Blackface and freakland. Youve made your boss so proud

[@johnbolt665]

So when my buddy emigrated from Britain, he had to have a profession and money for 3 years while the world's trash just walked across the border!

[@ryeguy7941]

What colour is his skin?

[@chrisministerofsmartarsery3322]

Thank you liberal NDP voters. We all got what you voted for.

[@azurespectrum1985]

lol international scammers be like: "I'm from a third world country, therefore taking food is justified!"

[@Jcwhiggins]

all the while wearing anything with a brand like supreme on it

[@MelaniaRose]

International students have the numbers to create their own food banks

[@azurespectrum1985]

@@MelaniaRose and yet they not only use the Canadian one's, but also post about it to their fellow international students.

[@marshferguson4737]

But meanwhile we feed the rest of the world but not our own citizens.

[@CorporateShill66]

Zelensky wants another billion

[@chris_hawk]

Political correctness at its finest.

[@colinferguson972]

Donate food to feed foreign students.I don’t think so

[@zNaux]

“Canadians have never had it better”

[@Hollyucinogen]

lmao we here in Ottawa have been lowkey rioting since 2020

[@furycorp]

@@Hollyucinogen heh time to remove the low key part?

[@Hollyucinogen]

​@furycorp 😂 Even the city staff don't like Trudeau. Nobody does. ...Well, that isn't strictly true. He's a big fan of himself.

[@Hollyucinogen]

​@@furycorp😂 Even the city staff don't like Trudeau. Nobody does. ...Well, that isn't strictly true. He's a big fan of himself.

[@AwsPega]

@@Hollyucinogen if nobody like him?-he keeps winning elections-so what does that mean?

[@blairh6408]

Hahaha, donating to food banks is putting money in the pocket of indians. No thanks.

[@stinkfinger630]

I walk by a food bank line up every Saturday morning: and not a single English speaking Canadian: all foreigners. Even our down and poor folks are being replaced.

[@vovin8132]

That's what "safe supply" and MAID is all about

[@stinkfinger630]

@@vovin8132What do you mean?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@vovin8132 Plus the promotion of childlessness and deviancy.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@stinkfinger630 It's about getting rid of the undesirables.

[@vovin8132]

@@stinkfinger630 I mean that actual Canadians are being pushed on the streets, and then being brushed under the carpet.

[@AgeofEmpiresPriest]

I am disgraced to be a part of this disgusting country. What an 8 years for my once beloved Canada.

[@tylerdurden8378]

Food banks don't work anymore because in the past they were used as a last resort and a stop gap. A person would do all they could before going to one. Because the attitude is nonexistent among the new migrants the system is overwhelmed.

[@wendigo53]

Yes. Food banks worked, until they became part of a "food bank system".

[@MelaniaRose]

In Australia, some universities create their own food banks for international students.

[@islandgirl024]

He does everything for everyone that's not a Canadian citizen.

[@scwps23]

The sad part is every major world leader knows this is the future of all nations. This Is just the beginning of the recession/depression coming. Trust me it's gonna get worse.

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

Get involved and push our govt to actually tax the corporations!! You seem smart. Take your brains and volunteer!!

[@salvvilona9078]

@@BoogieBoogsForever trudeau as to go

[@Aqui77aO]

​@@BoogieBoogsForeverdo lobbyists not exist?

[@abovebelowwellness]

​@@BoogieBoogsForeverare you involved? Are you doing anything? If not, you're in no position to tell others what to do when it comes to taking action

[@aaaaaadasjfodsfdjfbdshifb]

​@@salvvilona9078 won't make a difference. shuffle them back and fourth and stop caring. Save for your nest egg and don't worry about anyone else.

[@selenacordeiro1458]

I used to donate but now I can barely afford to feed my own family.

[@satanspy]

single mother with 4 kids...when will anyone address the demographics of all of this???

[@alienfetus4]

Deport

[@Jaccd]

Evil woman.

[@noneoyb5793]

I say many chose the single mom status to gain the system....not all but many.

[@shauncameron8390]

Liberal/NDP voters.

[@tertur2957]

Are the fathers paying child support? No.

[@bc5001]

If there is one non Canadian using the food bank that is one too many. That food should be for Canadians ONLY

[@shirleyavarell2674]

Then stop feeding foreign students.

[@JoseGonzalas]

Show proof of canadian residency of at least 10 years. Problem solved.

[@user-tv6vv5rb8v]

how would a homeless person have that

[@vovin8132]

@@user-tv6vv5rb8v You can find out immediately by listening to their ability to speak proper English.

[@wendigo53]

Cuz we want 9-year-olds to starve. Yes, brain-storming various ideas could help create a roadmap, but workable quick fixes are rare.

[@vovin8132]

@@wendigo53 What international student is 9 years old?

[@JoseGonzalas]

@@wendigo53 we didn't have this problem before international students were gaming the food bank, so I don't know what to tell ya.

[@doubletrouble3241]

Our immigration policy causes our population to explode at a rate of half million every year. This alone causes a shortage of everything, including housings, jobs, food, income and so on. Also our salary or wage is not growing enough to keep up with inflation due to cheaper labour influx from tons of new immigrants every year. Our immigration policy only help greedy rich business rather than average citizens. We should change our immigration policy. Otherwise Canada will turn into a disaster.

[@RevBCSTi]

By design. Trudeau's dream coming true. Control the food Canadians eat

Something seriously needs to be done about this food crisis because if the Food Bank collapses it will be a horrible disaster for low income housholds.

[@coolioso808]

Want to do something seriously? Help change the system, start locally, away from bloody capitalism. Try One Small Town initiative, based on Ubuntu Contributionism. Free and voluntary to join, and certainly free and voluntary to read up on. What have you got to lose? Already life is getting crazy unaffordable. Capitalism is in a death grip, but we can change it if we unite along common goals to end the oppressive system once and for all, step by step, town by town.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@coolioso808 But not free to depart from once that initiative proves inefficient and/or repressive.

[@locatoramam3258]

Do you know muslims have their own food bank and is only for them not for non muslims.

[@MelaniaRose]

Right. Here in Australia the same. Universities create their own food banks for international students.

[@Kwame_Baroown]

You know what would solve this problem, more international students, more inflation, less wage increases and less housing 🥰 looks like we're already getting an A+ on all these

[@gremlin5622]

Throw in 3 or more million immigrants soon to be followed by their families during an existing cost of living and housing crisis. Although in my community which has a min. 5 year waiting list for affordable housing the thousands of recent immigrants are being housed and/or buying most homes on the market thus keeping availability almost non-existent and the prices high. A Canadian success story.

[@mikehalpern384]

i know it's you ... justin trudeau !

[@anstriagreenwood3365]

I paid almost $7 for a single cabbage today at WalMart. This is outrageous. It was $31 for two pounds of hamburger.

[@mikenieradko8877]

Time to start growing your own cabbage then.

[@anstriagreenwood3365]

@@mikenieradko8877 I do, and potatoes, beets - lots of veg I grow and preserve, but I am out of most stored veg now.

[@laurarose6829]

I pain $27 for a medium box of tide powder

[@Dave-gy5mv]

I can see Canada breaking up if the LibNDP party gets in again.

[@silvertone1]

You little conservative kids with your hyperbole...

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

That's dumb.

[@Dave-gy5mv]

@@BoogieBoogsForever That is reality.

[@salvvilona9078]

@@silvertone1 your disgusting

[@JackieBillyTom]

if only

[@voytech3892]

This country has gone downhill drastically in the last 3-4 years

[@tylerdurden8378]

I wonder what happened?

[@poot-poot]

@@tylerdurden8378probably the 3+ year long worldwide pandemic

[@griffin2263]

Our local foodbank has been over run with international students!! ..

[@grumpynomad3551]

We had over 40,000 new citizens last year in my city. We also had the lowest birth rate in two decades. It’s clear where all the food is going.

[@ludmilamanweiler5986]

Welcome to Trudeau's and Singh's Canada 😏

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Rest assured that the pantry at Rideau Cottage is stocked with the best products public money can buy.

[@frakismaximus3052]

No expense spared!!

[@rl00668]

Time to organize a little visit, I say.

[@rl00668]

Time to pay Rideau Cottage a little visit in Minecraft.

[@mikehalpern384]

great, one les thing to worry about ! :-)

[@lindasimpson6768]

Familys can’t feed themselves how can they donate???????????

[@moonbootnick222]

Jeez i wonder why... Enough is enough, send all the refugees, immigrants, and international students home. Enough is enough, nothing in this city is affordable, housing is impossible, healthcare is a joke and all the roads are complete grid lock 20 hours a day. Canada is dieing yet the government completely avoids doing the one thing that will actually help. Its a joke

[@kek209]

Canada needs to start handing out free bags of wheat. In india, the government provides free grains to the needy. Since we are now a developing country we should start doing the same.

[@nadinehope230]

I sure India is handing it out only to it citizens not non-citizens which are causing most of the problems in Canada.

[@MaximumPayine]

@@nadinehope230 Go back to your country then.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

Apparently they're not handing out enough wheat, because al the Indians are here taking our food.

[@Pineflo]

Food is fine, prices are not

[@wendigo53]

@@nadinehope230 Maybe India doesn't have lots of non-citizens to worry about. Because their population can grow itself by having sex. Canadians seem to have forgotten how.

[@BowtieJDP]

How will the millions of international “students” get fed?????

[@Windsofchange2023]

They will need to steal from their temples.

[@bc5001]

When I see who is lining up at the food bank I no longer donate.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

"No system is designed for growth like we've seen" If that isn't a succinct admission that excessive immigration is the problem, I don't know what is.

[@cheeriohos]

Today it was announced that it will now be even easier to get canadian citiizenship which will add to our unsustainable growth. The food banks, the housing market and health care are all gonna collapse sooner than later.

[@rettbutler1312]

I mean, I think this policy is aimed at allowing the children of original Canadians to return here if they were born to expats outside the country. It actually lets European Canadians back in. But of course, it's badly put together and will have the wrong effect.

[@BlueTeamRedTeam]

We need higher taxes to make life more affordable, right Libs/NDP?

[@FenrirAldebrand]

Yep. "Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more." And this isn't sarcasm, I truly believe that if you're making more than a million a year, say, you should be heavily taxed. At those kinds of numbers you didn't "work hard" you exploited others. Especially, especially if you're raking in tens of millions, or billions a year.

[@YardPrep00]

“But at least we’re saving the planet right guys?” -JT

[@HattoriHanzo-fg8cy]

Fire up the jet! I'm going surfing! -JT

[@user-xy9by4hz6v]

Feel bad this is happening in Canada, high tax and wealthy country

[@jeanlannes4396]

Canada should not be considered a wealthy country anymore.

[@alexstrasser1]

"INDIANVERSITY IS OUR STENCH."

[@joycemclean9661]

I know! Let’s jack up the carbon tax some more. That will fix everything 😅😅😅

[@Sensecommon557]

In Canada, the aboriginals have shown everyone how to depend on charity. You can drive a cadillac and go down to the food bank.

[@wendigo53]

Do you reside in Canada?

[@Sensecommon557]

Yes born and raised

[@Sensecommon557]

Do you ?

[@tessietesoro7407]

When my donations to Food Bank are used by non- citizens , and items run out for vulnerable Canadians; then I will stop donating until there's a constructive action place by officials responsible for distribution of items

[@MelaniaRose]

Fair enough. International students can create their own food banks ( they have the numbers).

[@jayy3291]

Thanks to Trudeau and JagGmeat

[@youtubehatesus2651]

it's because Trudeau, Freeland and Singh. Reduce taxes and stop printing money.

[@kkswider899]

Wrong! It's because of extremely stupid, uneducated libs/ndp voters.

[@mackwiz1]

Canada does not print money; we do not have the same treasury/banking system as the USA.

[@youtubehatesus2651]

@@mackwiz1 it magically appears out of nowhere

[@RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW]

​@@mackwiz1 borrowing/printing - tomatoe/tomato

[@ronbednarz263]

This is not news! As a matter of fact, we all know what's causing it and who's to blame.

[@Shammai101]

This is what happens when every avenue of investing and / or earning money is taxed to the point where nothing remains beyond the absolute basics for the average Canadian. We are taxed on what we bring in, what we spend, and even any extra that might be earned on investments seems to be targeted by our government, which in turn, grows the government ever bigger with more and more make work projects that we cannot afford. Our government is greedy and we are not getting value for our money.

[@dma.amd077]

How can we all act like a corrupted government is normal?

[@frankandstern8803]

They are covering up one key factor. International Students disproportionate gouge. STOP DECEIVING THE PUBLIC.

[@drtyboy]

It's gonna sound racist, but neither Canada or it's universities are doing enough to make sure that international students have the the ability to sustain themselves while they are here, before they're enrolled. That's adding extra strain to systems which have already been stretched thin for at least a couple of decades. My sister went to work overseas a few years ago, and she had to prove that she'd be able to support herself while in country, in order to be granted a work visa.

[@MelaniaRose]

International students have the numbers to create their own food bank, or the universities create one.

[@xjohnny1000]

That wasn't even remotely racist. Stop apologizing for speaking the truth.

[@tertur2957]

It’s like feeding birds, the more you hand out the more will show up.

[@jacksitar5251]

Because of our secret open border!!!!!!!

[@omert9681]

Affordable housing is a compete joke . That’s why the property taxes are high. There’s no win situation. The workers get punished for working and the welfare get rewarded.

[@cbarfoot8456]

Well perhaps the food bank should start actually screening ppl that take advantage of this benefit.

[@MightyKingYoung]

Let Trudeau and other members of the current governement STAND TRIAL!

[@salvvilona9078]

Canadian are fighting for food now Thanks Trudeau

[@marlene8344]

The whole political establishment is responsible, clown