Fiona Proctor believes being able to buy your own food is a basic human right.

“I really believe most people wake up in the morning and want to provide for themselves,” she said. “Being able to have the dignity of where I am going to live, how I am going to live, what I am going to eat today, in my mind, is almost human right.”

Proctor is a nurse with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit and is in the midst of a campaign calling for a basic income, a living wage and an increase in social assistance.

She has been visiting local councils, informing them on how they can help.