Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question, and I appreciate her friendship on the various committees that we serve on together.
As I said earlier, we have known for years that many students are going to school hungry. We need to do something about that. I completely agree with my colleague that we need to implement a program like this one as quickly as possible.
As the government announced in its last budget, $1 billion over the next five years will go a long way—