Bif Naked, who has always been as much of a musician as she is a humanitarian, has decided to take on the annual Welfare Food Challenge where she has to try and survive on $3 a day – she is doing it with NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
Bif Naked is trying to make a point that current welfare rates aren’t enough to make ends meet – for example, in BC, the monthly rate is $610 (CTV News). “I just think that it’s important as more and more seniors in our community are on welfare, people need to remember that’s someone’s mother, that’s someone’s father,” she said to the new outlet. “There are kids that don’t get enough to eat. This is about nutrition. It’s just not adequate funds.”
Kwan added, “I am worried about the balanced diet question. I know that I will be hungry.” About those who are facing real difficulties with the welfare rate, she said, “We’re not just talking about adults. We’re talking about children and seniors, people with disabilities as well, who are facing these challenges in their everyday experience.”
Bif Naked, born Beth Torbert in New Delhi, India but raised in Winnipeg, released her first self-titled album in 1995. Four albums followed, the most recent being The Promise in ’09.
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