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Member of Provincial Parliament

Doly Begum

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Scarborough Southwest
  • New Democratic Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit 5 3110 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, ON M1M 1P2 DBegum-CO@ndp.on.ca
  • tel: 416-261-9525
  • fax: 416-261-0381
  • DBegum-QP@ndp.on.ca

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Context: Assembly - Nov/17/22
Ms. Doly Begum
  • Nov/17/22 11:10:00 a.m.

The 2022 Daily Bread Food Bank report paints an alarming picture for the city, but especially for Scarborough. We have seen a 29% increase in food bank visits in Scarborough; that’s over 554,000 visits in 2021. Some 28% of adults reported missing a day’s meal because they did not have enough money for food—

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Some 49% were skipping meals to make up for the cost of housing or transportation. This is one of the richest provinces—

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