Discussion · Oral Questions
Tamara Jansen Conservative
“Too many children are going hungry because families cannot afford food, while the government spends over a billion dollars a week on debt interest. I want the Prime Minister to make life more affordable.”
“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, 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?