Driving down avoidable food waste in Canada

Tackling food waste is not easy, but, like climate action, it is important. Reducing food waste could help meet the needs of the millions of Canadians who don’t have secure access to enough food to eat.

The federal government’s Food Policy for Canada was announced in 2019 by Liberal MP Marie-Claude Bibeau, then serving as minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP JOYCE MURRAY

March 17, 2025

Did you know that an estimated 46 to 58 per cent of Canada’s food supply is lost or wasted each year, a significant portion of which is avoidable? That food waste costs our economy an estimated $10-billion to $25-billion annually, and contributes to food insecurity for mil...

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