BC General Local Elections are coming up on October 15th, 2022, and we want you to choose candidates that recognize food security as a priority policy issue. General local elections are the most direct way for you to influence your local government to build a more food-secure BC.
Our goal is for policy-makers to continue supporting the charitable food sector and address the underlying causes of food insecurity.
How to take action:
Learn more about your candidate’s stance when it comes to food policy
FIVE questions to ask your candidates
Will you describe ways that you plan to support local food production and improve access to healthy foods for low or fixed-income people?
If you were elected, what might be the first thing you will do to ensure that [enter your municipality here] have at all times, economic access to affordable, culturally appropriate and nutritious food?
Do you support increasing municipal funding for community food security programs?
Black, Indigenous, and racialized people experience food insecurity at much higher rates in Canada. What will you do to address this issue?
How will you prioritize poverty reduction?
Contact your local MLA, calling on them to take action against growing issues of food insecurity within your community
VOTE
Learn more about how you can vote food security, click here