15,000 Inuit kids benefited from food voucher program, government says – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 25, 2025
Families ‘suffering’ since Ottawa cut universal program that spent $89.5M over 2 years, Idlout says
A universal food voucher program helped more than 15,000 Inuit children and youths over two years at a cost of close to $90 million before it was discontinued by the federal government this year, says Nunavut MP Lori Idlout.
“A lot of families have been suffering after it was cut,” Idlout said in an interview Nov. 14, adding, “important programs like these need to be maintained.”
She said the data comes from a report provided to her on Oct. 29 by Indigenous Services Canada, in response to a written question she asked in the House of Commons in June.
