2023-08-16 20:36:14
The grocery basket is more expensive than ever, the price of housing has exploded, which means that more and more people have to turn to food aid counters. Times are tough for many families in Quebec.
To discuss this, host Patrick Lagacé receives Audrey Renaud, Executive Director of Regroupement Partage, an organization that has been fighting food insecurity and poverty for 25 years in Montreal, and Suzanne Lepage, nutritionist at the Montreal Diet Dispensary.
Audrey Renaud presents, among other things, Opération sac à dos which hands out 7,000 bags each year containing new school supplies. Each family also receives food at the same time.
She says demand has doubled in the past two years.
“Waiting lists are overflowing, especially for Operation Backpack,” she said. And that obviously affects food aid. Food banks are no longer enough. We, moreover, provide food banks to replenish their coffers with our vegetables.
For her part, Suzanne Lepage, who advises pregnant women with few means to ensure the health of their baby, is worried about families.
“We know, it has always been named, that the food budget item is the one that always ends up being the most compressed in the end. And there, the rents, the cost of gasoline, there are lots of things that are increasing, so this budget item unfortunately continues to shrink.
She finds that more and more pregnant women struggle to eat properly due to the cost of living, which leads to health problems such as anemia.
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