Food insecurity for schoolchildren among top issues for first half of 2023: lobbyist registry

The Breakfast Club of Canada is pushing for follow through on a Liberal promise to invest $1-billion over five years towards a national school nutritious meal program.

Families Minister Karina Gould announced the opening of public consultations to gather input about a national school food policy, which was held between Nov. 16 and Dec. 16, 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 20, 2023

Advocacy in the first half of 2023 was led by a call for the federal government to follow through on a promise to help ensure schoolchildren across Canada have access to a nutritious breakfast in a lobbying campaign that is just getting started.

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