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Affordability & Childcare

Food & Nutrition platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Work with provincial, territorial, municipal, & Indigenous partners, & stakeholders, to develop a National School Food Policy, working towards a national school nutritious meal programme with a $1B investment over 5 years.
  • Restrict commercial marketing of food & beverages to children.
  • Establish new front-of-package labelling to promote healthy food choices.

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Work with our provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous partners, and stakeholders to develop a National School Food Policy and work towards a national school nutritious meal program with a $1 billion dollar investment over five years. Introduce new restrictions on the commercial marketing of food and beverages to children and establish new front-of-package labelling to promote healthy food choices.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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Conservative
Increase the maximum fine for fixing food prices from $24 million to $100 million, and introduce criminal penalties for executives.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Food & Nutrition.

NDP
Partner with provinces, territories, municipalities, & Indigenous communities to work towards a national school nutrition programme to give every child access to healthy food and food literacy skills.

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New Democrats will partner with provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous communities to work towards a national school nutrition program that will give every child in Canada access to healthy food, and the food literacy skills to make healthy choices for life. We’ll aim to make culturally- appropriate food available to children in every community in Canada, so that all children can grow and learn.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Green
  • Consult with residents of northern communities on Arctic farming.
  • Work with non-profit groups to build greenhouses or hydroponic towers in northern communities.
  • Fund education programmes in nutrition & horticulture in northern communities.

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