Thanks, Minister.
In conclusion, perhaps you can offer a comment in terms of the national school food program.
As you know, I spent many years as an educator. I was fortunate to be a teacher and a school principal. I worked with many kids who came from difficult situations, particularly indigenous communities in the northwest part of the city of Winnipeg.
Our colleagues have referred to this program as bureaucracy. Can you offer your own commentary, based on the discussions you've had and the visits that you've had to my hometown of Winnipeg, where food subsidized by the federal government is being served in classrooms?
Why do you believe this is important in ensuring success for indigenous kids in particular, when it comes to their ability to find that type of optimism, hope and success? This is inclusive, of course, of economic development later on in life if they get that early healthy start to school.
Could you quickly comment on that?