Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for her question. I also thank her for her speech at the second reading of my bill.
I believe we need to create a framework like this. The government has announced funds for a school food program, and those funds will be distributed to the provinces and territories to give students more help. But we need a framework. We have to determine how to put the program in place from one end of Canada to the other. We have to talk to various people, including the provinces and territories. We are also going to have to talk to experts in nutrition to find out what kinds of meals to provide, and talk to farmers to figure out how they can participate in a program like this. There will also be a lot of work to do to determine how the schools and infrastructure are going to administer the program.
So I think we need a bill in order to look more broadly at this important program that is to be implemented everywhere in Canada.
I want to thank my colleague again for supporting my bill.