Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force: an open letter urges Provincial candidates to step up

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Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force: an open letter urges Provincial candidates to step up

This Valentine’s Day, forget the chocolates and roses—what our community really needs is action on food insecurity and poverty! With 1 in 4 households struggling to afford food and 30.7% of Ontario’s children living in food-insecure homes, love means fighting for real solutions. “Food banks are working overtime, but they shouldn’t be the backbone of our social safety net,” says Jill Umbach of the Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force. “If we really care…