Rosanna Araujo couldn’t have anticipated the jump in food users she’d start seeing over the summer months of 2025. Suddenly, the biweekly food bank she runs out of Jane and Wilson, went from providing food for 150 households monthly to just short of 200. It was unprecedented. Yet, she made it work.
Now with Bill 60 in play, the Ontario government’s Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, she worries more people may need her support. With her doors already at capacity, she says she’d have to start giving more people less.
Critics say the controversial housing legislation, passed at Queen’s Park this week, will make it easier for landlords to evict tenants from their home. High rent costs are the primary catalyst driving food bank visits, according to an October report done on the state of food insecurity and poverty in the city. Toronto food bank use hit new records again this year, food bank leaders all over the province are warning that the bill’s passing could deepen this crisis.
Met Radio reports, a breakdown on the Ford government’s latest omnibus bill and what’s at stake for food banks and those who rely on them.