Indeed, Friday was an exciting day. I was in Charlottetown, where we announced that a fourth province has signed on to our national school food program. P.E.I., which currently has a version of a lunch program, will now be able to serve lunch, with our investments, to an additional 1,500 kids. It will be able to serve breakfast and snacks to just over an additional 800 kids. In total, that's almost half a million additional meals this school year.
I would point out that this is the fourth province that we have signed on. Just over 184,000 kids this school year so far will be able to focus on learning and will have access to healthy food at school.
I would point out that the Conservatives and their leader have taken every opportunity to oppose getting food into schools for children who need it. He's quoted as referring to this as “bureaucracy”, but I will point to the 184,000 kids so far who are getting fed at school today because of this early work.