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Canada's 1st full-scale free grocery store to open in Regina (www.cbc.ca)
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Imagine walking into a store, picking out all your groceries for the week and not having to worry about facing an expensive bill at the checkout.

For clients of the Regina Food Bank, that will soon be a reality.

Since the pandemic, there has been a spike in food bank users across the country, up 25 per cent in Regina alone. One in eight families — and one in four children — are now food insecure in the city. Of the 16,000 monthly clients, 44 per cent are kids.

The new Regina Food Bank Community Food Hub, modelled after a traditional grocery store, is set to open this summer in the former government liquor store location downtown.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Here's the thing conservatives generally can't get through their thick skulls... if you respect most people they'll respect you and take a modest amount - those folks that will hoard are generally not worth policing more than the minimum amount... it's cheaper to just account for their greed than hire security personnel.

I don't give a damn if some people are taking advantage. I'd rather a small proportion of people exploit the system than folks who need it be denied.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It’s not that easy. If you don’t police at all then it only takes one person to ruin things for everyone. This is the tragedy of the commons. On the other hand, you can spend exponentially more and more on policing you get diminishing returns and increased corruption and waste.

At the end of the day, there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch!