Canada is the only country in the G7 that doesn’t have a national school food program. Researchers say that as high inflation affects food prices, more children need access to these programs — but community groups say they need stable funding from the federal government to keep everyone fed.
As a Canadian, it’s entirely out of my experience.
Hopefully it’s only because your family was financially secure, and you didn’t even notice the kids that needed these lunches getting these lunches. Being able to feed them without making them feel bad about it is awesome.
I can see 3 fresh food delivery trucks infront of a Montréal daycare/K-6 unloading right now. And there will be another 2-5 trucks tomorrow
No, not at all. Most of the time we ate nothing. Sometimes an apple, if they were harvestable locally. We were quite poor in the 80s.
That’s very unfortunate, and further highlights that Canada’s hackjob of school food programs is insufficient in it’s current state. I vaguely recall school breakfasts starting in the Ottawa region in the 90s.
Québec massive augmentation of the food program in 2020 (+$11Mn / 60%) really enamoured me with the province.
