A new report on food bank use in Toronto is another reason why there is such a need for the government to create a Guaranteed Livable Income. Brampton’s numbers would be proportional for our population. A few startling new facts:
- one in 10 Torontonians are now relying on food banks, up from one in 20 a year earlier.
- three-quarters of food bank clients spend more than half their income on housing alone, and 23 per cent spend all their income on it.
- the average food bank user has only $6.67 a day left to spend after paying for rent and utilities.
- more than half of new clients have someone employed in their household,
- the network of 79 food banks across the city of Toronto broke one million visits in a year for the first time in 2021. By the end of 2023, they expect to pass three million.
Contributing factors are the high cost of living for housing, food, transportation, etc. These numbers are while the economy is doing well, and unemployment numbers are low. If the economy slows things will get even worse.
We encourage you to contact your MPP to support the proposed Guaranteed Livable Income legislation. Thank you and God Bless.