National Post·Canada·Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 03:38 PM

‘These are your neighbours’: Jim Balsillie gives $4.5M to food banks

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“This is really, hopefully, something that puts it in the consciousness of people, that this is worthy of part of their philanthropic thinking," he said of the donation to four Waterloo-Wellington food banks, announced today. Photo by Jim Balsillie

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Ontario food banks, meanwhile, recorded 8.7 million visits in 2024–2025, a 13 per cent increase over the previous year and a 165 per cent increase since 2019–2020. Food bank use in Canada has doubled since 2019, according to informational handouts.

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