One of the things the food bank people reported last year was that in 2009 versus 2008, usage was up 18% overall nationally. Last year it was pretty stable, but they've had a higher percentage of working poor who use the food banks. I would have to think that in a place like Yellowknife, where the cost of living is so high and wages on the low end do not necessarily keep up with that, the issue of the working poor must be an exploding issue of poverty. I'm just guessing. I'm looking to see if that is true.
On December 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.