Vancouver

There's an argument to be made that grocery consolidation has led to de facto monopolies on the food distribution business and that these grocery chains have already broken the social contract by charging more than fair value through their monopolistic positions.

Canada needs to give the Competition Bureau more power to break up the telecommunications industry, the groceries industry, and to shut down cooperation in our airline industry. Instead of policies that protect consolidation, Canada should look towards protectionist policies to protect against US expansion.

You are blaming the individual for the lack of social supports in the society you speak of.

Certainly one can go to the food bank, or a Church as you said; however, they are not always operating and often provide only one meal. Then one has to make their way to another location to get something else when they're hungry again, which could be a long way, and if that person is homeless that will take a lot of time away from trying to get off the street just so they don't starve.

The article says much the same thing:

“At CFIB [Canadian Federation of Independent Business], we’re calling on all levels of government to work together and take more accountability to address all of these underlying societal issues that contribute to these problems: Housing, mental health and addiction, the cost of living."

“These are things we think we can work together on better.”