A man butters a dinner roll as he eats a Thanksgiving meal at the Ottawa Mission in Ottawa in October 2023. Food insecurity is on the rise in Canada, particularly in households with children.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The persistence of food insecurity in Canada is a policy choice. By not doing more to improve the adequacy and stability of household income, governments are choosing to let food insecurity fester.
Concrete solutions are required to help those most excluded from the housing market: people experiencing homelessness.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
To address chronic homelessness, the federal government needs to include funding for longer-term supportive housing in its National Housing Strategy.
Work conditions have largely been absent from Canada’s federal income support network — an approach that differs greatly from the United States.
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Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
Saskatoon is seen across the South Saskatoon River.
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Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With recent changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.
Traders examine bales of tobacco, which is among Zimbabwe’s key exports, at a March 2022 auction in Harare.
EFE-EPA/Aaron Ufumeli
As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
Means-testing support for fuel-poor households will leave millions in hardship.
A woman is pictured at the window of her west Toronto apartment in March 2020 as her landlord issued eviction notices at the start of the pandemic. Secure and affordable housing is a big concern of those collecting social assistance, whether it was CERB or provincial programs.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canada’s food guide does a great job explaining what we should consume, but it is tailored to the wealthy and the middle class and many on social assistance cannot afford to maintain it.