Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the member's last comment in regard to the national school food program. We have heard Conservatives say it is a “garbage” program. It is really quite unfortunate they have taken that kind of an approach. I have been around for a number of years as a parliamentarian. In the late 1980s, in the province of Manitoba, I can remember talking about children who were going to school on an empty stomach. We now have a national program to ensure that children can be learning after having had breakfast.
Does the member believe, as a number of his colleagues do, that it is a “garbage” program that does not have any value for the taxpayer?