Montreal – School food programs prevent food insecurity, provide healthy meals to kids throughout the school year and foster academic success. Federal government has announced an agreement between the Governments of Canada and Quebec under the National School Food Program, while respecting Quebec’s exclusive jurisdiction in education. Through this agreement, the Government of Canada will provide approximately $65.2 million over the …
Regina – School food programs make life easier. They provide healthy meals to kids throughout the school year. They save families hundreds of dollars in grocery bills. Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Education, announced an agreement that will enable Saskatchewan to enhance and expand school food programs in the province over …
Whitehorse – No child should go to school hungry. And in the Yukon, where food prices are among the highest in the country, getting kids a full breakfast before they head out the door or packing school lunches is not always an easy task. That’s why school food programs are so important. They provide access to nutritious meals that can …
Yellowknife – No kid should go to school hungry. And in the Northwest Territories, PEI, and BC where food prices are among the highest in the country, getting kids a full breakfast before they head out the door or packing school lunches is not always an easy task. That’s why school food programs are so important. They provide healthy meals …
Apex – No kid should go to school hungry, no matter where they live. In Nunavut, where food prices are among the highest in the country and supply chains are complex, feeding kids at school is not always a simple task. But we must show up for every child in need. Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, …
Nova Scotia – School food programs make life easier. They provide healthy meals to kids throughout the school year. They also save working families hundreds of dollars in grocery bills. Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Darren Fisher, Minister of Veteran Affairs Canada and Brendan Maguire, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development announced an …
Ottawa – Every child deserves the best start in life—this begins with access to quality meals at school, so that they are ready to learn. That’s why the Government of Canada is creating a National School Food Program to help provinces, territories and Indigenous partners to expand and enhance their school food programming so they can reach even more children. …
Winnipeg – Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland said: “I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather today is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibway, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. I want to start by saying a couple …
Toronto – Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland gave details about the new National School Food Program. She said: I would like to start by acknowledging that we are gathered on the traditional territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat Peoples. What a great day for us to all …
