Food insecurity, canola crops top lobbying concerns in first quarter of 2023

The Breakfast Club of Canada is pushing for a pan-Canadian school food program in accordance with a commitment in the 2019 federal budget.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said that every child deserves access to safe, nutritious, and culturally diverse food to reach their full potential in an Employment and Social Development Canada press release from Nov. 16, 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

May 15, 2023

Food insecurity for school-age children was among the top federal advocacy issues in the first few months of 2023, with the Breakfast Club of Canada arguing that high grocery store prices are heightening the need for Ottawa to follow through on a promise to implement a natio...

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