We have big news, the official Chew on This! website has been launched! You can now visit www.chewonthis.ca to join Dignity for All as we call on the federal government to step up and take action to address poverty and food insecurity in Canada.
Have you heard about Chew on This!?
Did you know that 1 in 8 households struggle to put food on the table? Or that 833,000 people use a food bank every month? Yet Canada still doesn’t have a strategy to address poverty.
All across Canada on October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty food bank workers and anti-poverty advocates are joining together to call for a Federal Anti-Poverty Plan. We are asking the federal government for systemic change to eradicate poverty and hunger for the 833,000 people in Canada who use food banks each month and for the millions of others struggling to get by.
Instead of handing out a free lunch, volunteers are brown bagging their call to action. They will be handing out lunch bags marked “Chew on This!” which will contain an apple along with a magnet and postcard calling people to action to sign on to the call for a plan to end poverty.
Why a Federal Anti-Poverty Plan? We need a plan that addresses systemic causes of poverty. The federal government is responsible under international human rights law to eradicate poverty. They control income security payments, tax benefits, pensions, and the vital funding for provincial/territorial health and social service programs. Committees from the House of Commons, Senate, and the United Nations have all said that Canada needs a Federal Anti-Poverty Plan. But we still don’t have a plan.
Are you interested in planning a local Chew on This! event? Check out www.chewonthis.ca for more details.
