A newly
released report concludes how much you earn, what sort of housing you
have, early childhood development and how well you eat are viewed as key
factors that affect your health.
Those
conclusions were reached after the Canadian Medical Association held a
series of town hall meetings and heard from something like a thousand
people.
The
provincial co-ordinator of the Common Front for Social Justice
Jean-Claude Basque isn't surprised at the extent of food insecurity in
New Brunswick. He says the main problem is that people in the province
on the lower end of the income ladder just don't make enough money.
He
claims if you're working, you should not be in a position where it's
tough to eat well because you're not making enough money.
Basque
tells Tide News if you have to rely on food banks, as more and more
people in the province are doing, you likely won't have access to fruits
and vegetables.