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Adam van Koeverden

Liberal on The Economy 2026-11-03

Replying to Tamara Jansen (Conservative)

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I shared a conversation around my family dinner table about how difficult life has become for young families like my daughter’s, but some families face something far worse. A new report reveals that one in eight Toronto children relies on a food bank, and more than one in four surveyed families reported a child missing meals because they could not afford food. These are children going hungry while the government piles on debt and spends over $1 billion a week on just paying interest. How many more children must go without supper before the Prime Minister makes affordability a priority?”

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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we not only thank the Food Banks Canada network for its important advocacy, but also read those reports and heed their advice. That is why in the third paragraph of the report that the member would have read, it says, “In recent years, we have welcomed and see hope in measures such as the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, the National School Food Program”, which the member continues to deride, “Build Canada Homes and the Canada Disability Benefit.” It is worth noting that all of the measures the food banks network is supporting and recommending that we are doing, they voted against.