That's a wonderful question, Mr. Chair.
I think we can learn from other governments that are progressive in the world. France would be a good example in terms of what they've said: You can't throw out food, because it doesn't look good. They've kind of removed that as an option. I think I read that Brussels recently passed a law saying that grocers cannot throw food away. They have to find an avenue for food that's not waste.
Certainly there is no smooth and easy answer to say, “Hey, this is how we can immediately start to reclaim that food.” That is why, in my recommendations, I've advocated investing in the existing network. We've built a food bank network, which I'm part of, over the last 40 years. It has capacity. It has intelligent people. It has innovation in mind. If we can equip them to utilize those things, then they will apply it to the problems they see in their local community.
With what we're seeing in Fredericton, food waste is a big part of what we're working on. We see it as a need for New Brunswick. That may not be the same in your riding. It may be very different. If they can apply for funding to help them to meet the needs they are seeing locally, then we'll start to fill the gaps. After we fill the gaps, then we'll start to spread out. The gaps will get smaller and smaller the more we fill them. It will become Swiss cheese with smaller and smaller holes until the whole block is full, but we can't start where we are, because right now there are more gaps, and there's nothing to paste to.
We really need to look at how we can make legislation to make it harder for people to waste food. We also have to create the capacity so that the wasted food has somewhere to go. Otherwise, what happens?