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Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. Advocates say it's time (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Canada is the only country in the G7 that doesn't have a national school food program. Researchers say that as high inflation affects food prices, more children need access to these programs — but community groups say they need stable funding from the federal government to keep everyone fed.

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That's very unfortunate, and further highlights that Canada's hackjob of school food programs is insufficient in it's current state. I vaguely recall school breakfasts starting in the Ottawa region in the 90s.

Québec massive augmentation of the food program in 2020 (+$11Mn / 60%) really enamoured me with the province.