Inside a busy food bank: 'It’s the person across the cubicle'
May 15, 2023
27:00
The Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto had their worst month on record in March: more people used their services than at any other time in their 40-year history. This, at a time when Canada’s unemployment rate is at a near-record low.
The situation is similarly dire at food banks across the country.
So today on Front Burner, producer Imogen Birchard heads out to a food bank in Etobicoke, to find out who’s using the service now and what’s driving them there.
For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
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