Canada poverty

Facebook contest April 7 to 21

To raise awareness about poverty and to spread our message to as many people as possible, we are running a Facebook contest from April 7 to April 21 where two winners will be selected to win a $75 gift card to Future Shop, or a pair of passes to the VanDusen Botanical Garden! To enter, … Read more

Food Banks Canada reacts to 2014 budget

Here is a note from Shawn Pegg, director of policy and research at Food Banks Canada, regarding this year’s federal government budget. Yesterday, the federal government unveiled a relatively low-key budget with few of the type of new, large scale measures that are often expected from these exercises. Over the past year, Food Banks Canada … Read more