The province will issue an affordability plan with a more ‘sustainable’ funding model for food banks, according to the social development minister.
Minister says the province ‘can’t be doing one-offs’ with food bank relief, promises new funding model
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: May 06, 2026 5:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Social Development Minister Cindy Miles said the province is looking at food bank funding as part of a larger affordability plan. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)
A reported 55 per cent uptick in visits to New Brunswick food banks prompted opposition parties to call for more government spending on the service.
But government didn’t promise any new food bank funding — instead promising to release a larger plan it calls an “affordability framework” and noting the recently implemented subsidized school lunch program.
Provincial association Feed N.B. told CBC News that food banks are seeing 50,000 visits per month across the province, compared to about 32,000 in 2025, according to Food Banks Canada.
Progressive Conservative MLA Margaret Johnson and Green MLA Megan Mitton both rose in the legislature Wednesday to call for emergency funding.
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