Neil Hetherington's Wish for Christmas: A national guaranteed income program

Today on Now and Next: A one on one sit down with Neil Hetherington, CEO at Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto. Pressures on food banks are increasing. Food insecurity is a clear and present danger for a growing number of Canadians who suffered through the pandemic and now face historic rates of inflation.They are being forced to live in poverty.Neil says the first step towards stemming that tide is to stabilize incomes.Visit dailybread.caWanna join Dave for coffee on the weekends?Support Now and Next EXTRA! with Dave Trafford. www.nowandnext.supercast.com Subscribe to our Exclusive Supercast feed for access to Now and Next EXTRA, (our Saturday and Sunday show), early access to Now & Next episodes, AMA sessions with the SSN team, and access to our message board. Your contributions to our show helps us pay our team of producers and editors and produce more awesome podcast series! CONTACT US! Dave on Twitter www.twitter.com/davetraffordErin on Twitter www.twitter.com/erintraffordErin on Instagram www.instagram.com/its.erintraffordErin on TikTok www.tiktok.com/erintraffordEmail us [email protected] & Next Cast and CrewAssociate Producer Becky ColesProduction Manager Jaime NickersonAudio Editors Mike Treutler and Drew GarnerSonic Logo Designer and Creative Branding Greg MacDonaldExecutive Producers - Erin and Dave TraffordNow & Next is a Story Studio Network OriginalYou can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.