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Arpan Khanna Conservative
“Food bank use is going up across the country, and donations are down. The government has made food unaffordable. It needs to help farmers by removing the tariff on fertilizer.”
“Mr. Speaker, the food banks in my riding and right across our country are bursting at the seams. The demand at Operation Sharing at Helping Hand Food Bank, and at seniors in crisis in Oxford County is actually rising by exponential numbers. Usually we want these numbers to come down. That would be a good sign that we are taking care of our people. However, our numbers are going up. Donations are going down, and usage is going up. As I mentioned earlier, there is also a new category, the working poor, people who are working harder and harder but barely getting by. They are lining up at the food banks. There are over two million visits to a food bank in a single month. One in four of them is for children. The most vulnerable people in our community are actually struggling. The Liberal government, instead of making food more affordable and supporting our farmers by taking the fertilizer tariff off and helping them, is missing in action. The cost of food is the highest in the G7, and food inflation is the highest in the G7, thanks to the government’s failed policies. On this side of the House, we are going to keep fighting for Canadians every step of the way.”
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Mr. Speaker, the food banks in my riding and right across our country are bursting at the seams. The demand at Operation Sharing at Helping Hand Food Bank, and at seniors in crisis in Oxford County is actually rising by exponential numbers. Usually we want these numbers to come down. That would be a good sign that we are taking care of our people. However, our numbers are going up. Donations are going down, and usage is going up. As I mentioned earlier, there is also a new category, the working poor, people who are working harder and harder but barely getting by. They are lining up at the food banks. There are over two million visits to a food bank in a single month. One in four of them is for children. The most vulnerable people in our community are actually struggling. The Liberal government, instead of making food more affordable and supporting our farmers by taking the fertilizer tariff off and helping them, is missing in action. The cost of food is the highest in the G7, and food inflation is the highest in the G7, thanks to the government’s failed policies. On this side of the House, we are going to keep fighting for Canadians every step of the way.