Undoubtedly, I think, we all agree that ensuring that kids at school have access to healthy and nutritious food is incredibly important. The number that you're referring to, the 400,000, is an estimate based on the work that's already under way in provinces and territories. There are various programs and groups, whether it be Breakfast Clubs of Canada or healthy school food coalitions, doing this work already, so there is some data that has been accessed in order to give us grounds, as we look at a billion dollars and at the school-age population across the country, to decipher that we expect that it will be approximately 400,000 additional children over and above those already receiving food supports at school.
On May 9th, 2024. See this statement in context.