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For many Indigenous communities in Canada, food insecurity is a major, ongoing problem.[1][2] A variety of factors, from poverty, the COVID-19 pandemic, government inaction and climate change, exacerbated by both historical and ongoing discrimination faced by Indigenous Canadians, have played a role in the creation of this crisis.[3][4]
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- ^ Power, Elaine M., "Conceptualizing Food Security For Aboriginal People in Canada.Canadian Journal of Public Health. March–April 2008: pg. 95–97
- ^ Monkman, Lenard (March 7, 2022). "Climate change driving food insecurity in First Nations while government stands by, report says". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ Lourenco, Denio (June 30, 2020). "Canada's food insecurity problem is about to get worse due to COVID-19, experts say". CTV News. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.