School food advocates still waiting on promised funding for $1B National School Food Program

Coalition for Healthy School Food’s Debbie Field now hopes ‘one or two’ provincial school food agreements will be signed before winter after missing the fall semester rollout goal.

The office of Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds says she is in 'active negotiations' after announcing 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.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 2, 2024

The federal government is already late on its first assignment for the 2024-25 school year. The promised funding for the long-awaited National School Food program has yet to be distributed, and agreements with the provinces, territories, and school boards have yet to be made...

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