CTV News Series: Food insecurity in Canada: 1 in 3 children risks going to school without breakfast

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused food insecurity in Canada to grow as well as highly disrupted food support systems, with student nutrition being one of them.

“Before the pandemic, Breakfast Club of Canada estimated that one in four children was at risk of going to school hungry; this number is now one in three,” said Judith Barry, co-founder and director of government relations for the organization.

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