Community services minister to meet with Feed Nova Scotia as demand for help increases

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said food banks are a policy failure and increased demand for their services is "a symptom of an enormous failure of government to create the conditions for a good life for all of the residents of Nova Scotia."

Chender said the Tories have not done enough to address areas such as rising housing costs. She said the government should be doing more to help food banks in the short term, as well as farmers in an effort to improve local food production and food security.

"There's a lot the government could be doing and they're doing precious little."

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