![]() ![]() "Alberta and Saskatchewan have some of the highest food bank usage rates across Canada," McCutcheon said. The survey said people in the Prairie provinces were much more likely to have used emergency measures for food. Nearly five per cent had stolen food out of necessity, and about five per cent had used a food bank or community fridge.Ī recent report from Food Banks Canada said there were nearly 1.5 million visits to food banks in March, a figure that was 15 per cent higher than the number of visits in the same month last year and 35 per cent higher than visits in March 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Just over 30 per cent of respondents said they were eating less healthy food because it was cheaper. Troubling strategies were less common but still too prevalent, said Jessica McCutcheon, associate director of the research hub. A majority - almost 59 per cent - were also decreasing their household food waste.įifty-four per cent also made meal plans to ensure they had adequate funds for food. In adapting to the surging costs, most respondents in the survey said they have been cutting coupons. Grocery prices increased at the fastest rate since August 1981, with prices up 11.4 per cent compared to a year ago. Statistics Canada's consumer price index report said while the country's annual inflation rate dropped slightly to 6.9 per cent in September, the cost of groceries continued to climb. It asked 1,001 people about strategies to cope with increasing food costs. ![]() The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was conducted from Sept. Nearly 20 per cent were also reducing meal sizes or skipping meals altogether in order to save money. The majority of respondents in a Canada-wide survey released Monday said they are using coupons or hunting for sales to cope with increasing food costs. "We are definitely seeing an increase and have been noticing that since January," said O’Connor, executive director of the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. Laurie O'Connor says more people in Saskatoon are struggling to get food for themselves and their families as prices in grocery stores rise out of reach. Lecce says the new deal would give 2.5-per-cent annual raises to workers making less than $43,000 and 1.5 per cent raises for all others.ĬUPE has been seeking several changes, including annual salary increases of 11.7 per cent, overtime at twice the regular pay rate and 30 minutes of paid prep time per day for educational assistants and ECEs.Ī volunteer sorts through items at the Saskatoon Food Bank. The government had been offering raises of two per cent a year for workers making less than $40,000 and 1.25 per cent for all others. ![]() 2021 dunk contest participants full#Lecce announced the move on Sunday, hours after CUPE said it was giving the required five-day notice to start a full strike on Friday - they will be in a legal strike position on Thursday. and hold a news conference an hour later. He is set to introduce the legislation at 1 p.m. Stephen Lecce says the legislation is in response to the refusal by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents about 55,000 education workers, to withdraw their intent to strike. Ontario's education minister is planning to introduce legislation today to avert a looming strike by support staff and impose a contract on them, which the union says it intends to fight. ![]()
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