Youtubers teaching foreign students how to get free food in Canada by abusing the food banks. It seems to me that if you are wealthy enough to be able to have the luxury to go to a foreign country for school, you should be wealthy enough to support yourself while doing it. If not, you shouldn't be doing it.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...nts-food-banks
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A growing genre of videos on YouTube and TikTok is angering some Canadians who say international students are being encouraged to abuse food banks in order to get “free groceries.”
“Very few people in Canada know that you can claim free food hampers,” begins an almost 10-minute long YouTube video that was posted in June this year. “Students face a lot of financial problems, especially during this time when there are very few jobs available and if you are new to Canada, it’s very difficult to survive on limited finances. During this time, you can take advantage of free groceries, free food hampers. In this video, I am going to collect a free food hamper and I’ll show you what’s inside and how you can claim it too.”
The YouTuber adds that since moving to Canada he has claimed the ‘free hamper’ twice, the second time for the sake of making the video so that he could inform others about the same.
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Another video posted in May follows a similar narrative of “how you can save money on groceries in Canada.” The video follows the YouTuber as he makes his way to a Salvation Army food bank with a friend who also volunteers at the location. “Not just students, I have seen even Canadians come here to get free food. There is no shame,” he notes before entering the building.
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