A-Dub 🥝Nearly three-quarters of the Pasifika population experienced food insecurity in Aotearoa last year, according to the inaugaural "Hunger Monitor" by the New Zealand Food Network
"MAHA is, above all things, the apotheosis of a puritanical American tendency to blame the ill for their illness, the poor for their poverty."
https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich/archive/you-are-what-you-eat/
Malnourishment is on the rise in Iqaluit, and experts warn numbers may actually be significantly higher than estimated. all of this is to Canada's eternal shame 🤡
yikes.
"Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank is cutting ties with one of its largest member agencies after the charity uncovered discrepancies with invoices Feed Scarborough provided to support grant funding and reported those and other financial management concerns to police."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/daily-bread-food-bank-feed-scarborough-9.7039918
Toronto charity cutting ties with local food bank after reporting financial concerns to police | CBC News
Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank is cutting ties with one of its largest member agencies after the charity uncovered discrepancies with invoices Feed Scarborough provided to support grant funding and reported those and other financial management concerns to police.
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A-Dub 🥝Food Banks Canada's annual report card:-
overall: 🇨🇦 gets a grade of D
past two years: 40% increase in food insecurity
right now: more than 25% all Canadians are struggling to get the food they need
Toronto: Daily Bread gave out 50 million meals in 2024 vs 10 million four years earlier
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/food-banks-poverty-report-1.7635362
how NZ government austerity policies are hurting people in Porirua:
What kind of economy produces the highest adolescent suicide rate in the OECD+EU? New Zealand's 😰
when Metallica does more to alleviate hunger than the Premier of the province https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/metallica-donation-daily-bread-food-bank-1.7521772
Rock band Metallica donates $40K to Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank | CBC News
After playing two sold-out shows at Toronto's Rogers Centre, American rock band Metallica donated $40,000 to the city's Daily Bread Food Bank. Its philanthropy foundation, All Within My Hands, said the move is meant to offer help to many families across the city during this crucial time.