Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to move that Bill C-322, in clause 5, be amended by adding after line 33 on page 3 the following:
(1.1) The report must include a comprehensive breakdown of costs incurred under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act for each item of food provided under the school food program.
This goes back to looking at the cost of food and what is attributed to the cost of food. We know that inflation has been high. In fact, food inflation is higher than the actual inflation rate. This is important so we can better understand the costs that are going into the cost of food.
As I said earlier, the Canada's food price report, recently released, said that the average family will be spending $700 more this year on food. Since this private member's bill is to put together a plan, we should be looking at all aspects of the plan and the costs that are going into the plan. That can lead to how we might be able to mitigate some of those costs, so we think this is important to put into the bill.
Thank you.