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What We Know & Don’t About The National School Food Program

Few details about $1B program in prime minister's announcement

The federal government’s plans to launch a national school food program might have left some people with more questions than answers about how it will actually work.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes the program will deliver meals to 400,000 children per year by the 2024-25 school year.

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