Study finds Quebec is the province with the lowest prevalence of food insecurity. 7.5% of Alberta households are hungry.
How many Canadians are affected by household food insecurity? - PROOF
Funny how the province with the highest taxes has less food insecurity than the province with lower taxes.
I wonder if it has anything to do with conservative vs progressive values? 🤔
The solution is obvious: more oil from the tarsands. Just a bit more oil and we'll all be rich, promise!
Alternative solution: oil is high in calories, so just clean the sand out and eat that.
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As an Ontarian I'd like to say that QC is the best of Canada. 👏
Quebec has a lot of cheaper things such as maximum election contributions, car insurance, hydro and phone service.
It's one of the places in the world with the least socio-economic inequalities in general.
Just a reminder for those with means to do so, please donate to your local food banks or food pantries. Even $20 worth of food goes a long way. It's also worth bringing non-expired, non-perishables to your local food pantry as a spring cleaning!
As a Quebecker, I find the percentage 13.8% of households with food insecurity unacceptable in and of itself.
The 2 most right wing provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan are of course doing really poorly...
The Irvings will screwed over New Brunswick.
I wonder why Newfoundland and Labrador are struggling so much?
BC is the second lowest food prevalence.
If I had to guess for NFLD, it's likely it's distance from everything. Costs to ship foods, plus I don't know what sort of ability there is to grow their own food there, isn't most of the province just rock? Maybe someone from there would know that better but otherwise I think just fuel and shipping costs are enough.
So, are there no households in those northern provinces or do they just not eat? I thought Greenland was the king of No data available.
We do not have "northern provinces", those are territories.
For a less pedantic answer:
