Over one million Canadian children live in poverty. Child poverty is a pernicious childhood adversity that has detrimental long-term impacts on health, development and well-being throughout life.
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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.
Initiatives like the federal government’s new grocery rebate are only a small step towards ending food insecurity in Canada. A broader guaranteed basic income is long overdue.
Food insecurity is a problem of income inadequacy. The 2023 federal budget’s “grocery rebate” has the right idea, but falls short.
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Research Program Coordinator, Food Insecurity, University of Toronto
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Speech and Language Pathology, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Marine Affairs, Dalhousie University
