Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The key window of opportunity to feed the bodies and minds of our children and to support their brain development and their learning is their early years. The parents have a responsibility to feed their children properly, but as I have outlined in the House earlier and in my statements, they are not always able to meet that responsibility and there are many reasons for that. Do we want to let the children suffer the lifelong consequences of insufficient nutrition during their critical years, Mr. Speaker? Unfortunately, our lack of government action in response to repeated calls here in the House and our decisions on where to put money speaks louder than words.

Mr. Speaker, Breakfast for Learning notes that they were only able to respond to 38 percent of the requests for food from schools in the Northwest Territories over the past year. This is during the time that this government was putting in a one-time $400,000 in school food programs. That also is a statistic that speaks louder than words.

Mr. Speaker, we have spent four years requesting action on this front. Finally, I ask to join my colleagues and I thank the movers and seconders of this motion. Let`s get it done.