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WH-ITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9,1985, PAGE 27 Social planning council setting up food bank " Food banks are not the solution for people in need. However, food banks provide a needed means of dealing with crisis situations." This was the message brought by Ernie Gin- sler, the founder of the first fully funtioning food bank in Ontario, to a group of social service agencies and churches. Ginsler, who is also the Executive Director of the Kitchener- .Waterloo Social Plan- ning Council, came (o Oshawa recently at the request of the Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby, a United Way agency. In describing* the history >and achievements of the Waterloo Region Food Bank, Ginsler stressed thatit provided surplus and donated food to agencies which ~distribute food hampers or provide meals for needy people. In doing so, the food bank does flot directly give food to individuals. Instead, it acts as a middleman between food suppliers and agencies. Ginsler showed the advantages for both food suppliers and agencies from such a system. Suppliers benefit by dealing with one organization requesting food, rather than several. Agencies benefit by receiving more food. By 'scrounging and not paying for anything we could get for free, and by spending a year in planning and organizing itself, the Waterloo Food Bank was able to distribute the equivalent of $250,000 of food for an expenciture of $5800. To answer the question of whether such a food bank was needed in Oshawa- Whitby, agency representatives in at- tendance, such as the Salvation Army, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Catholic Community Services, and Men's Hostel, showed the numnber of meals, f obd hampers or vouchers they supplied in the past year. Information Oshawa, which main- tains records of the number of requests for food met by agencies, said that over 2,200 requests were filled from January to August this year in Oshawa. With so many people needing help, the resources of agencies which currently provide food are strained. Agen- cy representatives agreed that poverty is a crisîs situation. Although short term an- swers such as food banks and handouts help those in most urgent need, longer term solutions are needed. The meeting ended DIT NO The.Famn with consensus that the Social Planning Counil of Oshawa-Whitby, through its Unem- ployment Committee, should further in- vestigate the feasibility of a local .food bank ta collect and distribute food to agencies. Individuals interested in helping to organize a food bank, particularly people with experience in the food industry, are asked to contact Susan Fletcher, executive director of the Social Planning Council, at 725-4774. Spealking to You By SCOIT FENNELL, MP (PC - Ontario) The Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment In- surance, which was initiated by the Federal Gover- nment in July, was given the task of finding ways of keeping the Unemploymnent Insurance system (UT) relevant and fair. Much has changed since the times when unem- ployment was short-terrn and cyclical; the unem- ployed were marginal, and unemployment problems could be solved quickly. Today, it is widely held that unemployrnent may be long-term and structural, the dislocated are part of the economic mainstream, and that the problem may not go away. The commission must determine if and how UT can adapt to these new circumstances. Al Canadans have been invited to help advance new and innovative ideas. To aid in getting this discussion going, the commission has released a paper entitled: "Unemployment Insurance - Back to the Drawing Board? " In the discussion paper the commission identifies a nuxnber of areas which it wishes to explore in more detail. They include: -the underlying philosophy of UT and its relation- ship to other social programs and private income protection plans; -the administration of the unempînyment in- surance program; -business, labor and government - who pays what price?; -special uses of the UT fund - who benefits, and -an approach to people presently excluded (rom participation in the UT . program. Public hearings are scheduled to begin in the fourth week of October. The hearings will be as in- formai as possible, however it is requested that in- terested parties outline their proposais in writing, and submit these papers a( least two weeks before being heard. For further information, details of hcarings and the process of consultation, and for a copy of the discussion paper, please write to: Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Executive Director, Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance, P.O. 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