Welfare challenge cancelled because participants could face starvation

The group that holds Metro Vancouver’s annual welfare food challenge has called it off this year, saying participants would face starvation.
Every fall for the last six years, Raise the Rates has challenged participants, including politicians, celebrities and chefs, to live on provincial welfare rates for one week. In 2017, after subtracting rent and other basics like bus fare, that meant $19.
But with recent rent increases, participants this year would have only $5.75 to spend on food for