This is nothing more than a vote buying. It's also no coincidence they made the announcement on the same day the carbon tax makes just about everyone's life more expensive.
OTTAWA — The Liberal seduction campaign targeting millennials and young parents continued Monday, with Justin Trudeau pledging to create a $1-billion, five-year national school lunch program in time for September.
In a pre-budget announcement in Toronto Monday, the prime minister promised that the budget on April 16 would formalize the creation of the program that aims to cover school lunches for up to 400,000 additional children who don’t currently receive a meal at school. The Liberals had originally promised a school meal program in their 2021 election platform.
The campaign-style announcement was scarce in details — they are expected to be revealed in the upcoming federal budget — but Trudeau said the money would be transferred to provinces and territories via bilateral agreements.
That means that if all 13 provinces and territories sign on, they will receive an average of $15 million annually through the program.
“Lots of provinces have different approaches, but we also know in every province across the country and territory across the country, there are still needs that are unmet,” he said.
“We look at it as a federal responsibility to step up and try and make sure even more kids have opportunity to have safe, healthy food in their schools.”
Trudeau was flanked by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds, Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien and multiple Toronto-area MPs, parents and children at the Scarborough Boys and Girls Club in Toronto.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-national-food-program
OTTAWA — The Liberal seduction campaign targeting millennials and young parents continued Monday, with Justin Trudeau pledging to create a $1-billion, five-year national school lunch program in time for September.
In a pre-budget announcement in Toronto Monday, the prime minister promised that the budget on April 16 would formalize the creation of the program that aims to cover school lunches for up to 400,000 additional children who don’t currently receive a meal at school. The Liberals had originally promised a school meal program in their 2021 election platform.
The campaign-style announcement was scarce in details — they are expected to be revealed in the upcoming federal budget — but Trudeau said the money would be transferred to provinces and territories via bilateral agreements.
That means that if all 13 provinces and territories sign on, they will receive an average of $15 million annually through the program.
“Lots of provinces have different approaches, but we also know in every province across the country and territory across the country, there are still needs that are unmet,” he said.
“We look at it as a federal responsibility to step up and try and make sure even more kids have opportunity to have safe, healthy food in their schools.”
Trudeau was flanked by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds, Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien and multiple Toronto-area MPs, parents and children at the Scarborough Boys and Girls Club in Toronto.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-national-food-program
