As we reflect on 5782 and mark the year to come, our celebration is punctured by the knowledge that , for too many of our fellow Canadians, the coming months will be defined by scarcity, not sweetness:

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Faced with soaring food costs and runaway inflation, families living paycheque to paycheque will be forced to choose between paying rent and providing food for their children. People who survived last year on rice and beans will find their cupboards completely bare.

When they need help, they'll discover waitlists at the local food bank -- the byproduct of a strained food aid system struggling to support tens of thousands of people just like them.