Pay-what-you-can school lunches in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia will launch its universal public school lunch program by offering it in 256 elementary schools starting in October. This will be the first step in its implementation.

For parents, the model will be pay what you cansimilar to what has already been implemented in Prince Edward Island, the country’s leader in school meal programs.

Nova Scotia Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Becky Druhangave some additional details about the program on Thursday, although some clarifications were not made.

She said the cost of the school lunch will be within the reach of all parents who want to participate, but did not elaborate. The province will have more details in the coming weeks, she says.

There will also be an online platform for parents to request dinner for their children. Schools, for their part, will be able to use the platform to order meals from their suppliers.

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The leaders of both opposition parties in Halifax said Thursday that the dinner program should, in their view, be free for everyone.

The liberal Zach Churchill and the New Democrat Claudia Chender also both pointed out that the model pay what you can was still poorly defined.

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According to the report of Taryn Grant, CBC