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.

  • FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.