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{
"time": "2025-09-25 17:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Chris d'Entremont",
"fr": "Chris d'Entremont"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8882691\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am glad the hon. member asked that question because, while the school food program is needed in some communities, what has happened in Nova Scotia is a bit of a shame because, when the province takes a hold of things, it tries to standardize those things across the country.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8882692\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I look to a nice elementary school in Cornwallis. There was a community group that was providing meals to students. The provincial program came in, kicked out all of those volunteers, who had been doing such a great job, and half the kids are putting it in the garbage. Providing that centralized system does not provide meals to all children. What we should be doing is helping their parents and helping our communities get fresh food into their bellies, because it is more important that children eat at home than all this crazy stuff that they are doing in the schools.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8882691\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis heureux que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e ait pos\u00e9 cette question parce que, m\u00eame si le programme d'alimentation en milieu scolaire est n\u00e9cessaire dans certaines collectivit\u00e9s, ce qui s'est pass\u00e9 en Nouvelle\u2011\u00c9cosse est un peu honteux. Quand une province prend les choses en main, on essaie d'uniformiser dans tout le pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8882692\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense \u00e0 un groupe communautaire qui fournissait des repas aux \u00e9l\u00e8ves d'une merveilleuse \u00e9cole primaire, \u00e0 Cornwallis. Ces b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui faisaient un excellent travail ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mis \u00e0 la porte quand le programme provincial a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place. Depuis, la moiti\u00e9 des enfants jettent leur repas \u00e0 la poubelle. Ce syst\u00e8me centralis\u00e9 ne permet pas de fournir des repas \u00e0 tous les enfants. Ce que nous devrions faire, c'est aider leurs parents et aider nos collectivit\u00e9s \u00e0 mettre des aliments frais dans leur estomac, car il est plus important que les enfants mangent \u00e0 la maison au lieu de voir ce malheureux gaspillage \u00e0 l'\u00e9cole.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/9/25/chris-dentremont-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/chris-dentremont/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4674/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13144457",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Food Taxation",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Taxation des aliments"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/9/25/",
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}
}