With pleasure.
That's something I'm very proud of. I have had the pleasure of conceiving, carrying and bringing the feminist international development policy into the world, but I must give credit where credit is due. The food policy was developed by my colleague Minister MacAulay. I had the pleasure of bringing it into the world, and now I have the pleasure of raising it. We're talking about a financial commitment of $134 million.
There is, among other things, the $50 million local food infrastructure fund. An initial call for proposals was issued last summer. In recent weeks, people have been informed of an initial series of projects.
The key word is “access”. The goal is to ensure that all Canadians have access to quality food products, that our food system develops in an environmentally positive way and that the economy is developed.
The local food infrastructure fund is an important element of the food policy. There is a component around food fraud. When we talk about food fraud, for example, we think about honey. We have investigated and Canadian honey is 100% honey, but we have seen some imports.... It's putting in more resources to make sure that Canadians get what they think they're buying.
There will be an initiative around buy Canadian, and the idea is to strengthen the trust and the pride of Canadians looking at Canadian agriculture. There's a fund for northern and isolated communities, food waste and a school food program.