Make legislative commitments to reduce food insecurity by 50% and eradicate severe food insecurity by 2030 through explicit targets, data collection, and annual reporting. You can read more about this policy ask HERE.

1. Reform Employment Support & Income Assistance (ESIA) program by:
   • indexing IA to meet Market Basket Measure (MBM) and;
   • allowing recipients to earn and save more before IA is clawed back.
   • You can read more about this policy ask HERE.
2. Improve access and impact of the Nova Scotia Child Benefit, the Affordable Living Tax Credit, and the Poverty Reduction Credit programs by:
   • expanding eligibility for these programs to household earnings below the Market Basket Measure (MBM) and;
   • indexing these programs to inflation.
   • You can read more about this policy ask HERE.
3. Work with the Government of Canada to implement a basic income guarantee (BIG) for lower income households. This includes forming an all-party committee, including basic income experts, to study how to best implement a BIG in Nova Scotia, in collaboration with the federal government. You can read more about this policy ask HERE.

1. Void existing, and ban the future use of, food-related restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses in Nova Scotia to ensure fair grocery competition and protect access to food. You can read more about this policy ask HERE.
2. Provide long-term investment in inclusive and accessible community food spaces through a coherent and coordinated strategy. You can read more about this policy ask HERE.
3. Transition government funded food program funding to stable, multi-year funding agreements. You can read more about this policy ask HERE.

1. Restart the Food and Beverage Strategy to develop a comprehensive and coherent plan for the local food system in Nova Scotia.
2. Consult and work with Indigenous Nations and African Nova Scotian communities to support their self-determination, sovereignty, and control over their food systems.
3. Provide targeted support for immigrant pathways to producing culturally relevant food.

As part of the development of the new National Food Security Strategy, develop a national target for food insecurity reduction by commiting to the target proposed by Right to Food and Food Banks Canada to reduce food insecurity by 50% and eradicate severe food insecurity by 2030.

1. Modernize the Employment Insurance (EI) system by expanding eligibility and support for precarious, gig, and self-employed workers.
2. Enhance the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) and the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB).
3. Work with provincial governments to implement a national basic income guarantee program for lower income households.

1. In the short-term, enhance the GST/HST Credit into a Groceries and Essentials Benefit to immediately offset the escalating cost of food and other essentials raising it to match the original proposal put forward by the Affordability Action Council, in collaboration with a coalition of organizations from across the country.
2. In the long-term, regulate groceries like a utility, requiring retailers to have set prices for a standardized basket of nutritious food. 

1. Work in partnership with Indigenous Nations to support Indigenous self-determination, sovereignty, and control over their food systems.