Maybe their plan to slowly starve us all to death is starting to show results. Of those 2826, how many died prematurely, say in their fifties, from illnesses that wouldn’t have occurred if they had far less stress and far more healthy food to eat? You can be sure that in this time frame, health care costs have skyrocketed as people get sick from poverty, and due to an aging population.

Another reason could be the slower birth rate, and of the adults left, many of us are reaching 65, which is when we get the boot from DCS.

“more single recipients than families” – This could be because if you have kids, government, charities, and society in general, has empathy and there are far more resources and help for families and little to nothing for single, childless persons. If I popped out a baby, people would be tripping over themselves to help me. I’d probably have a new wheelchair and a fully stocked house by the end of the week.

As for the increase in food bank use going up when the number of people on ESIA has gone down – I suggest that’s due to the cost of food going way up so people who might not have gone to a food bank 15 years ago are having to do so now. As well, the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation so the working poor are poorer and more of them are going to food banks. Tuition has gone up so more students would be as well.