Philip Lawrence at the Finance Committee

On May 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 17th, 2023 / 5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

That's more than acceptable. Thank you very much for that.

I want to get to a couple of the causes, because both of you addressed this. Then, I want to talk a bit about people in mental health crisis as well.

Both of you cited—I just want to make sure it's on the record—how inflation in the cost of food and the cost of housing is a critical factor in driving people to the food banks.

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