“It’s time for change”: MPP Gretzky reacts to 1 million Ontarians accessing food banks

WINDSOR – MPP Lisa Gretzky released the following statement after the latest Feed Ontario report revealed a staggering 1 million people in Ontario visited a food bank last year – a 25 per cent increase from the previous year:

“Everyone deserves access to good food and safe shelter – it’s a basic human right. Today we found out that 1 in 14 of our neighbours and friends - working people, seniors and children - are being forced to turn to a food bank just to survive. This is not the kind of province we want to live in. With the cost of everything going up we have a government right now that has done nothing to make life more affordable for Ontarians.

It’s been 8 consecutive years of rapidly increasing food bank usage. Things are broken in Ontario, and we need a progressive government who will get serious about making it better. It’s time for change.”