The timing of the payment will depend on how quickly the government can get the legislation to implement the budget passed
June Muir, president of the Windsor-Essex Food Bank Association, stands in front of about $200 worth of groceries, about the same amount the rebate could buy. includes a one-time payment the government is calling a grocery rebate, but some in Windsor, Ont., say the money won't go very far in helping lower-income people with the rising cost of food.
The move comes as the cost of food continues to rise year over year despite the fact that overall inflation has been easing for months now. "People are still going rely on a food bank, so it's very disappointing. And I was expecting more and hoping for more for people because food inflation is higher than inflation."I just don't understand why the food prices keep rising."We need to look at the root causes. We need policy change. And you know, food banks are being relied on to the point where we've never seen it like this before.
"It's disappointing and I can see that our numbers are not going to decrease, that we're just going to get busier and people are going to rely on us more and we hope we can keep up."Muir said social support rates — like disability payments — need to be raised to help people fight food inflation.She also noted that affordable housing and lower rent would keep more money in people's pockets to spend on food.
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