Amid rising inflation, half of Canadians finding it difficult to feed their families: Survey
Ottawa: Following unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, about half of all Canadians claim that they are finding it difficult to feed their families due to incessant rise in inflation, a new survey revealed.
The skyrocketing grocery bills and expenses has distributed the budget of families to run household affairs.
According to the the Angus Reid Institute surveyed 1,992 revealed that Canadian adults members of Angus Reid Forum asked government of Canada to do in response to a rate of inflation that is now at a 31-year high ever.
The survey indicates that 49% of respondents claim that it is very difficult for them to feed their families amid rising food prices, which now rose 8.7% year-over-year in March.
The number has gone up from 36% the last time Angus Reid did a similar survey in April, 2019.
The survey revealed that 36% people are in worse financial conditions for over one year ago, as compared to 24 per cent who said that their finances had improved over the last 12 months while another 39% said that there is a very little changes in their financial conditions than last year, the survey said.
