Grocery benefits arrive today. But will they ease the affordability crisis pushing employed people into Dartmouth’s food banks?

Grocery benefits arrive today. But will they ease the affordability crisis pushing employed people into Dartmouth’s food banks?

As thousands of Nova Scotians receive a federal benefit intended to help with the cost of groceries and other essentials, organizations  working on food insecurity in Dartmouth say the problem goes much deeper  than the price at the checkout. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit is scheduled to be paid  today, the second regular quarterly payment since the program replaced  the GST/HST credit in July. Over 349,000 Nova Scotians received a…