School food advocates celebrate as Liberals serve up long-awaited $1B for national program

While still light on specifics or agreements with the provinces and territories, Coalition for Healthy School Food co-ordinator Debbie Field says ‘the most important thing is they're making the whole commitment.’

Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds, centre, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, announced the launch of the long-promised national school food program and accompanying $1-billion over five years at a Toronto press conference on April 1.Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

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BY STUART BENSON

April 2, 2024

The Liberals have announced they will be dishing out the first portion of the long-awaited funding for a national school food program in their latest pre-budget appetizer, which they say could provide up to 400,000 more students with healthy school meals as early as this fal...

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