Inside a busy food bank: 'Its the person across the cubicle'

Published: May 15, 2023, 8:10 a.m.

The Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto had their worst month on record in March: more people used their services than at any other time in their 40-year history. This, at a time when Canada\u2019s unemployment rate is at a near-record low.\n\nThe situation is similarly dire at food banks across the country.\n\nSo today on Front Burner, producer Imogen Birchard heads out to a food bank in Etobicoke, to find out who\u2019s using the service now and what\u2019s driving them there.\n\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts