I still think it’s way better than sweetened drinks, since it has the same downsides but obviously without the sugar content and calories.

But yeah I never thought about it increasing hunger, which indeed is bad. I personally don’t drink soda, but for those who do it’s an important thing to consider

0 calories and no sugar drinks are way better for you

Rage bait because the post read as : foreign students take food out of struggling Canadians mouths just to throw it out.

These people probably exist, but are an extreme minority, and you should not change how the system works because of them. Maybe ban them individually if you see them throwing out at most. Trying to regulate extreme outliers usually costs way more than ignoring it.

Taken from a comment above : Loblaws made 551 million Canadian dollars in net profits in Q4 2023.

And grocery stores are responsible for 12% of the food watsted in Canada

I’m one of these students, I would never throw out food, same for all my friends here. It’s hard enough without wasting.

And I don’t like the idea of “stealing from hungry Canadians”. We all know who the real thieves are, and it’s not people going to food banks.