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Trudeau stops in Winnipeg to promote federal school nutrition program

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a stop at a Winnipeg school to promote his government's school nutrition program.

Manitoba has promised $30M for school meal programs this year

People stand at a counter, putting fruit into lunches
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, second from left, helps prepare food to serve to students at Winnipeg's Elwick Community School on Friday morning. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a stop at a Winnipeg school to promote his government's school nutrition program.

The plan isto provide meals to 400,000 children across the country. The federal government says it will cost$1 billion over five years.

The federal government plans toworkwith provinces and territories on the plan, and Trudeau pointed to the Manitoba government's recent budget measure of $30 million for a school food program.

The federal Opposition Conservatives have said the Liberal government's program would be far from universal and only covers a fraction of the roughly five million children in public schools.

Trudeau says his plan will help families across the country and other measures, such as lower-cost child care, will also help protect people from rising costs.

"Investing in our children is investing in our future," Trudeau said Friday, after meeting with students and teachers at Elwick Community School in north Winnipeg.