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Canadians Want Action on Food Insecurity
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Canadians Want Action on Food Insecurity\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n PR Newswire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Campaign highlights the impossible choices people face to feed their families\n \n \n \n \n \n MISSISSAUGA, ON\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 6, 2021\n \n /PRNewswire/ - In the lead-up to World Food Day on\n \n October 16\n \n \n th\n \n , the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security (\"the Centre\") is launching a campaign, #SpeakUpForFoodSecurity, to encourage Canadians to contact their MPs for action on food insecurity.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Centre's goal is to give voice to the views that are shared by so many Canadians: that the crisis of food insecurity in\n \n Canada\n \n is unacceptable and that action is needed now. Through a new feature of the Centre's website, visitors can easily identify their MPs and customize and send letters advocating action.\n \n \n In a recent national survey*, two-thirds of Canadians assert that now is the time for government to seriously address social issues like poverty, racism and inequality.  The vast majority believe that people going hungry goes against our Canadian values. These are dramatic shifts in how people see the role of government, and the kind of society they want.\n \n \n \"Hunger in\n \n Canada\n \n will not be solved through food charity; it requires concerted action,\" said\n \n Sarah Stern\n \n , Leader of the Centre. \"For too long, food banks have borne responsibility for responding with emergency food relief. But food banks are the first to say that they are not the answer. Food charity won't solve food insecurity. One in eight households struggle to put food on the table. Hardworking people are forced to compromise the quality and quantity of the food they buy for their families so they can pay fixed expenses, like rent and heat.\n \n \n \"This campaign speaks to the impossible choices millions of people in\n \n Canada\n \n face about whether to pay essential bills like heat and rent or feed their families. It's a choice no...