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The federal Liberal government is finally making good on a years-old election campaign pledge, committing Monday to allocate $1 billion over five years to fund a new national school food program.

The funding, to be included in the upcoming April 16 budget, will launch with the aim of expanding existing school food programs, providing meals to an additional 400,000 Canadian kids a year.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement in Scarborough, backed by members of cabinet and caucus as part of their latest pre-budget press tour.

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you don't live alone in the woods in a house you built yourself off the food you caught or grew in the clothes you made, you're surviving on the support of others to one degree or another. We call it civilization. Moreover, these are kids, who had no choice in their birth. And finally, study after study has found a net economic benefit in making sure kids are fed enough to learn, so it is less of a burden than just letting kids starve.

So what's your reason for preferring to see kids go hungry?

[–] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The kids shouldn't go hungry, their parents should be held legally and criminally responsible for not feeding them.

What's your reason for preferring parents to be negligent?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

The federal and provincial governments have driven the proles into permanent debt. It is not possible to raise kids in Canada without being financially crippled, unless you were rich to begin with. It is up to all levels of government to either orchestrate their economy to the point that the majority of citizens have an income sufficient to provide for kids, OR provide the resources for raising kids directly.