The Coalition for Healthy School Food is disappointed that there was no funding for school food in Budget 2023 from the federal government. Combined with the lack of funding increases in many recent provincial budgets, school food programs across Canada will continue to struggle to meet growing demands this year.

Over the next year, the Coalition looks forward to working with the Government of Canada to develop a National School Food Policy and an implementation plan to ensure successful rollout of a School Food Program for Canada as pledged in two federal election platforms in 2021 and as included in two Ministerial mandate letters.