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POVERTY
✕ Clear sectionUnderstanding the Pressure: What Is Fueling Inflation in 2026?
Sticky shelter costs, trade tariffs, and energy volatility are keeping price pressures high in 2026. Discover what’s driving inflation and how you can safeguard your finances.
Read The Full Story →Hunger in a Rich Country: 2.1 Million Visits in a Single Month
Food banks across Canada recorded 2,165,776 visits in one month this year — roughly double the number six years ago. The people lining up have jobs, homes, and increasingly, children. This is what the numbers say about a country that can afford to do better.
The Working Poor: Holding a Job and Still Falling Behind
The fastest-growing group at Canadian food banks is people with paycheques. One in five clients now works. Here is how the country's labour market ended up with a category called the working poor, and what it would take to abolish it.
The Toxic Drug Supply: 5,630 Deaths and the Fight Over What Comes Next
Health Canada counted 5,630 apparent opioid toxicity deaths in 2025 — 96 percent of them accidental. Since 2016, the toxic drug supply has killed 56,631 Canadians. The crisis is evolving, and so is the fight over how to end it.
The Encampment Files: Housing, Homelessness, and the New Urban Tension
Tents have become a permanent feature of the Canadian cityscape. Every eviction is a policy decision, and every encampment is a question the country has not answered: where are the people supposed to go?