Current Problems: Food Insecurity

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

Updates on this page: 6 (Filtered by Indigenous Group "Métis")
 

April 15, 2024


NDP passes motion to have CEOs appear before committee on Nutrition North food subsidy program

APTN report shows subsidy program short-changing northern consumers. APTN News: The NDP says it has passed a motion calling on the CEO of NorthWest Company and general manager of Kimik Co-operatative Association to appear before the House of Commons’ Indigenous Affairs committee and talk about the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program. The heads of two...

February 15, 2024


Joint APTN and CBC News investigation examines the impact of rising food prices in Canada

NationTalk:TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG, Man. — In a joint investigation, APTN Investigates and CBC’s The Fifth Estate are speaking with industry leaders and Canadian families, farmers and food producers to understand the reasons behind soaring food prices.  In March 2022, APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the creation of more Indigenous content. The agreement emphasizes the need for the...

December 18, 2023


Feds slash support for northern hunters and fishers

Critics are decrying cuts to a federal program supporting hunters and fishers in northern Canada. Photo by Dustin Patar/National Observer  CLIMATE JOURNALISM IS URGENT. HELP US RAISE $125,000 BY DECEMBER’S END. Goal: $125k $40,554 Donate Canada’s National Observer: Federal support for Indigenous hunters and fishers tackling food insecurity in northern communities is poised to fall...

October 13, 2023


Grocers pocketing over half of federal hunger subsidy for the North

Up to 67 per cent of a federal subsidy to alleviate hunger in northern Canada is being pocketed by grocers, researchers have found. Illustration by Ata Ojani  Canada’s National Observer: Grocery retailers supplying food to dozens of Canada’s most food-insecure communities are pocketing up to over half of a federal subsidy to reduce hunger, researchers...

February 10, 2023


Would you pay $40 for a bag of flour? Some remote First Nations in northern Ontario have no choice

Federal government promises $4.5M to tackle food security in 5 remote communities CBC News: Food costs are going up everywhere, but in remote First Nations communities, sticker shock at the store is the norm. In at least one community, Marten Falls First Nation, there isn’t even a store for in-person shopping.  In Neskantaga First Nation, about...

September 29, 2020


Beyond Hunger

“Community Food Centres (CFC) – Release of “Beyond Hunger.” Even before COVID-19, food insecurity affected nearly 4.5 million Canadians. In the first two months of the pandemic, that number grew by 39 per cent. Food insecurity now affects one in seven people, disproportionately impacting low-income and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities. “Beyond...

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