21-05-2019 13:23 via huffingtonpost.ca

Nunavut's Food Insecurity Grows Despite Federal Program: Study

Newly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in Canada’s North.The study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that the ability of northerners to dependably put food on the table declined significantly during the years Nutrition North was being rolled out and has remained down.That’s despite a budget that has increased 65 per cent to $99 million last year from $60 mil
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