Mr. Speaker, I am so glad the hon. member asked me about the national school lunch program, because we absolutely believe that children should be fed, but we believe that parents should be able to do it.
What is incredible is that if the federal government really wanted to make a difference and wanted its dollars to make the maximum difference, it would recognize that a fabulous local school board, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith regional district school board, has these programs. If the Liberals really wanted to make a difference, they would not add another layer of national bureaucracy. They would transfer this money directly to the provinces, which would transfer it directly to the school boards, and the people who would get credit for it would be the teachers and the schools.