Toronto's Hungry In Midst Of Food Desert

The Toronto Food Policy Council has identified neighbourhoods where "you can go in any direction and 'not find a food store anywhere,'... even though the area is largely made up of seniors and low earners who don't have a car to drive to one." Gentrification is partly to blame as low-income earners are pushed further and further into the suburbs, where stores are only accessible by car. "Planners have to ensure there is water, shelter and sewage when they build a new subdivision, but nowhere does anyone say we really have a legal responsibility to make sure people have access to food."