Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's comments on the food program, because there were private food programs in place. I can think of some in my city: Chili for Children, the Nutrien food program, the Mosaic food programs and the Mother Teresa Middle School food programs for less fortunate kids.
The problem is that, while there were programs in place, the Liberals never had conversations with any of the groups delivering food programs. They just made a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all program. I am not sure what the numbers are, but 400,000 kids are supposedly going to get food. There are over five million kids below the poverty line using food banks every week.
If the Liberals thought that was going to fix the problem, it has not. The solution is to bring back affordability, lower food prices and stop taxing parents to death. I will say it every time I am on my feet: Parents want to feed their own kids, and the government cannot help but stand in the way of that with its overburdensome regulations, red tape and taxes and terrible fiscal policies.