Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here. It's always a pleasure to talk to you.
I want to start by talking about the local food infrastructure fund, which is supporting community-led projects that improve access to safe and healthy food for food-insecure populations in our communities. It's helping local community food banks, community gardens and farmers' markets.
In my riding in Kitchener—Conestoga, the Wilmot Family Resource Centre received funding and increased their capacity to build their food hamper program and systems, and that was very much appreciated. Your visit earlier this year to Kitchener—Conestoga to meet with members of the Wilmot Family Resource Centre was also appreciated. That's where you announced the new phase of the local food infrastructure fund.
Can you expand for this committee on how the $20 million allocated to Canada's food policy can help address local food security challenges and expand on the importance of our local farmers in feeding our communities?