Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs – CBC

Nov 27, 2024

Emails reveal people are concerned they aren’t getting the benefit of subsidies meant to keep food affordable

People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy.

The emails about the Nutrition North subsidy program ranged from desperate pleas to do something to lower food costs, to angry demands that retailers receiving subsidies be investigated.

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