To date, Canada is the only G7 country without a national school meal program. In 2017, UNICEF ranked Canada 37th out of 41 wealthy countries for kids' access to nutritious food.
But Debbie Field, co-ordinator of the Montreal-based non-profit Coalition for Healthy School Food, said in a CBC Radio interview that work is underway to change that.
"We're meeting with senior policy people and politicians of all parties because this is non-partisan."
According to a 2020 report from Statistics Canada, almost one in seven Canadians live in households where there was food insecurity.
In the United States, school lunches have become a political hot potato with various commodity groups and food processors vying for a place on the menus.
The U.S. program has also been plagued by problems because some suppliers cut corners and the food in not what it ought to be.
