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Albertans are experiencing the highest rates of food insecurity in the country, new data from Food Banks Canada show.

According to a HungerCount report published on Thursday, approximately 155,722 Albertans visited a food bank in March. Around 37.1 per cent of those visits came from children.

That is a 73 per cent increase in food bank usage since 2019, which is more than double the national rate compared to pre-pandemic levels.

On average, food bank usage rose by 35 per cent in Canada in the same period

That means 1 in 5 Albertans are experiencing food insecurity, said Arianna Scott of Food Banks Alberta.

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“If this was a natural disaster like the Calgary floods or the Fort McMurray for wildfires, these numbers would have spurred a provincial and national response… We need to react to this information with a response similar to the one we have for natural disasters,” Scott said in a news conference on Thursday.

The report also said …

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