Conservatives press Liberals on cost of living as reports show food bank use soaring

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are pressing the federal government over the rising cost of living as new reports show more Canadians are turning to food banks and community organizations.

A new Food Banks Canada report says monthly visits to food banks came close to 2.2 million in March 2025, five per cent higher than the year before and nearly double the rate in 2019.

The report says food banks in Canada received a "historic and very concerning" number of visits this year, "far more than enough to call an emergency."

Another report from the Daily Bread Food Bank and North York Harvest Food Bank says more than one in 10 Torontonians now rely on food banks.

In a news release, the Conservative Party of Canada says that "only a decade of Liberal incompetence could make hunger the new normal."