The Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit is sounding the alarm on rising food insecurity.

Demand for the centre's free lunches has skyrocketed, said the organization's executive director, Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, during a Sept. 26 press conference.

Over eight per cent of Iqaluit's residents are lining up for soup, he noted. Crowd control at the food bank has become necessary to control the influx of demand.

Murdoch-Flowers said he wants to double his kitchen staff to a team of 14 in order to serve multiple free meals per day, year-round.

"The need to eat doesn't stop at at lunchtime. It doesn't stop on Friday afternoon. It doesn't stop on Christmas Day. It doesn't stop on the weekend. It doesn't stop ever," he said.

Doubling kitchen staff will cost over $1 million.

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