Tarasuk has met with provincial officials who are reviewing P.E.I.’s poverty reduction strategy, and would like to see the government target food insecurity as part of that strategy.
She urged government to evaluate its policies, such as affordable housing, against food insecurity — leaving Islanders enough money in their pockets to eat properly.
She pointed to the full room at the Wanda Wyatt lecture theatre at UPEI Monday evening as evidence that many Islanders care about food the issue and solving it.