Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a rare press conference on Nov. 9 where he discussed a range of issues, from the rising cost of living to foreign interference.
“It feels like everything is broken in this country right now,” he told reporters at Parthenon Market, a Greek grocery store in Vancouver.
Poilievre said rising prices are hurting Canadian families. He noted food prices have hit a 40-year high with an 11 percent increase due to inflation, and that in one month this year, 1.5 million Canadians had to use the food bank to feed their families.
The HungerCount 2022 report said there were nearly 1.5 million visits to Canadian food banks in March 2022. That’s the highest March usage in history—up 15 percent from 2021 and 35 percent from 2020….