Thank you very much, Madam Chair, sorry, and I should have clarified in the other section whether or not language-based programs were application-based or not. And I see now that I should have asked this -- or said this before.
One of the things that we've heard on our side of the House is sometimes the application-based Indigenous languages funding programs, the -- it can be difficult for NGOs to maintain Indigenous language speakers if it's not multiyear funding or if the timeline of the application coincides too closely with the end of the school year, it can be difficult for people to maintain access to those language speakers. And so I think that's worth noting, is the length of the application for funding. And then also the time of year that applications come up can be challenging for some NGOs. So I just wanted to just leave that there.
And then I -- with my last two minutes, Madam Chair, the only thing I wanted to add is just that I absolutely fully support the healthy food for learning budget line item. And I know that in the constituency I serve that one of the schools, even before COVID, had spent well over $20,000 trying to help feed families and help them with food insecurities even here in Yellowknife. And so food insecurity is definitely top of mind for many Northerners and kids who are hungry, it's hard to focus on learning. So thank you.