Mr. Speaker, I commend the work that is being done within the ministry in regard to the school food program. As many members know in this House, I was an educator for almost two decades and an administrator who helped with that program in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia was actually one of the first proponents that signed on to this national program, and it has since been an exemplar for the program. I know, from being an administrator, when I was signing off on it, sometimes we think that it is just one meal a day. We can flip that and say it is one healthy meal a day. I know, and my colleagues who are educators all across the country will know, just how important it is for kids, cognitively, when they have their bellies full.
How does the secretary of state feel about having this program that is not a one-off announcement? This is now one of our core funded programs, and I wanted to know how she feels about it.