NDP calls on government to fund school lunch program in upcoming budget
The NDP is calling on the federal government to announce a national school lunch program in the upcoming federal budget, to be released on April 16.
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![B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy and school principal Vicki Ives serve up a hot lunch for students at Ruth King Elementary during a photo-op ahead of the budget while in Langford, B.C., on Feb. 27, 2023. A woman with short grey hair and glasses wears blue plastic gloves and a dark blazer as she talks to a group of children seated at a table in a school gymnasium. Two of the children have their hands raised as if to ask a question.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6762231.1677556298!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/b-c-budget-2023.jpg)
The NDP is calling on the federal government to announce a national school lunch program in the upcoming federal budget, to be released on April 16.