Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
I think the variety of different topics covered in today's meeting shows how broad and, perhaps, challenging this subject is. In this committee, we've learned, many times over, that children are not just tiny adults. They are their own entities, with different challenges. As the mom of a small kid, I see that on a very regular basis.
My first question is for Ms. Sarangi.
You touched on a piece very near and dear to my heart: northern and rural communities. After eight years of this government being in place, we're seeing record-high food inflation. In my own community of Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo, we've now seen that a third of the clients of the Wood Buffalo food bank are children, and the demand is rising month over month. We're seeing more and more kids going hungry, and we know that kiddos can't learn if they don't have adequate food.
My question to you is specific to northern, remote and isolated communities: What do you think part of the solution is to this?