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<DIV>This has just come out today - I think most of us won't be surprised by the results. Their #1 recommendation is to increase affordable housing since housing cost is a significant contributor to hunger.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda. <BR> <BR>--- On <B>Tue, 10/30/12, Food Banks Canada <I><info@foodbankscanada.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Food Banks Canada announced in Ottawa today that food bank use in Canada increased by 2.4% this year, and is now a staggering 31% higher than before the 2008-2009 recession.</SPAN></SPAN><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> The<EM> <A href="http://foodbankscanada.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=400a7172a7c30fdb7358e1a9e&id=aa23dd70d5&e=3cba4d9577" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><U>HungerCount 2012</U></SPAN></A></EM><A href="http://foodbankscanada.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=400a7172a7c30fdb7358e1a9e&id=9bb84cea3f&e=3cba4d9577" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><U> report</U></SPAN> </A>highlights that in a typical month, food banks across the country provide food to more than three quarters of a million separate individuals – 882,000 people<BR>– and more than 339,000 (38%) of those helped are children. <BR> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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