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HIGHLIGHTS
84% OF CANADIANS SUPPORT
A NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM
For the third year, the Club commissioned an omnibus
survey to discover how Canadians perceive food
challenges. This year’s survey revealed that 84% of
Canadians want the government to quickly fulfill its
election promise to invest $1 billion over five years in a
National School Food Program.
In addition, 88% of Canadians agree that federal,
provincial and municipal governments should make
child and youth hunger and malnutrition a priority.
BREAKFAST ON THE HILL
This year, we had the unique opportunity of hosting
the first edition of our Breakfast on the Hill event at
Parliament. The initiative brought together ministers,
senators, and MPs from all political parties to stress
the importance of a national school food program. As
part of this event, we were able to share our expertise
and discuss possible solutions to overcome the
challenges facing school nutrition, including the lack
of funding. The initiative successfully raised awareness
among political decision makers and boosted
enhanced their commitment to our cause.
BREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADA
The brief submitted by the Club recommends the
full deployment of school breakfast programs in
underprivileged areas, which include 668 schools with
a socio-economic environment index (SEI) of 8, 9 or 10.
To promote our brief, we visited schools along
with several National Assembly Members from the
Quebec government. These visits proved valuable
in demonstrating the importance and positive
impact of school breakfast programs on children.
Since 2018, the Club has been able to rely on financial
support from the government of Quebec, notably
benefiting public elementary and secondary schools
and those in Indigenous communities, and more
recently for educational childcare services. However,
there are still 668 schools in disadvantaged areas
across Quebec that need to be served. We are working
to convince the government to ensure equity for all
disadvantaged children across the province. There’s
still much work to be done.
FIRST PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR QUEBEC
For the very first time in its history, the Club took part
in the Quebec government’s pre-budget consultation.
(1) This public opinion survey conducted by Maru Group on behalf of the Club was carried out by sampling and data collection experts from Maru/Blue. A total
of 1,517 randomly selected Canadian adults, all of whom are Maru Voice Canada online panelists, were surveyed from May 24 to 25, 2023. The results of this
survey were weighted depending on education, age, gender, and region (plus language in Quebec) to match the population according to census data. This
ensured that the sample was representative of the entire adult population of Canada. For comparison, a probability sample of this size has an estimated error
margin (sampling variability) of +/− 2.5%, 19 times out of 20. When compared with data tables, discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
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