] Neil Hetherington: "Well, there's a number of reasons. First is because of the need. The pandemic has exacerbated the divide and it's shown all of us that too many in our country. We're living too close to having to make use of a food bank. And we've gone through a really difficult time." Neil Hetherington is the CEO of Daily Bread Food Bank. Now besides providing food basics for those most in need daily bread food bank is a Toronto based charity whose mission is to collaborate with all to eliminate food insecurity and advocate for solutions to. [00:01:16] Neil: "We've had this shared experience of the pandemic and it seen food bank usage rise dramatically almost by double. There are solid solutions across the country. There is a poverty reduction strategy at each level of government that needs the leadership to be implemented. And we want to tell the individuals who are listening to this about what can be done and just how important it is. And the enough is enough. We need to do something about it." But is simply talking about the problem, enough? [00:01:55] Talia Bronstein: "Poverty is an issue that can't be outsourced to charities. It's a public policy issue." Talia Bronstein is the vice president of research and advocacy at daily bread. [00:02:07] Talia: "Having these discussions and looking to see what are the policy leavers that can actually happen. These root causes, the income inequality, the lack of affordable housing, uh, the lack of decent work. Um, these are the true issues that are producing food insecurity, and these are what we need to tackle. If we want to actually make sure that people don't need to come to a food." Dave Trafford sits down with Neil and Tahlia to explore some of the ideas and solutions offered, intended to cut poverty rates in half before the end of this decade.