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Almost 30 per cent of Scarborough food bank users employed, report finds

A troubling report from Feed Scarborough Food Bank has revealed almost 30 per cent of its clients are employed, and a startling 95 per cent were not born in Canada. Tina Yazdani speaks with an asylum seeker who has come to rely on the food bank.

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