Chapter 3 · 3.2 Providing a bridge to tomorrow
Securing a resilient food supply chain - National Food Security Strategy
$1.58B net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.
The cost line
| Line | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | 132 | 360 | 375 | 357 | 361 | 1,585 |
| Less: Costs to be recovered | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Less: Projected revenues | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net fiscal impact | 132 | 360 | 375 | 357 | 361 | 1,585 |
… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.
What the budget says
“In addition to implementing the National Food Security Strategy, making the National School Food Program permanent, and providing $20 million to the Local Food Infrastructure Fund for food banks, Budget 2026 proposes targeted support to help keep food costs down.”
Budget 2026, p. 209 (PDF p. 223)
“Budget 2026 proposes to provide $124 million over three years, starting in 2027-28, to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support the Fund.”
Budget 2026, p. 209 (PDF p. 223)
Amounts named in the text
Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.
- $3.2 billion
- $1 billion
- $130 million
- $150 million
- $100 million
- $750 million
- $20 million
- $124 million over three years, starting in 2027-28
Also in this section
- Pillar 1: Putting Canada on a path to end homelessness in 10 years$11.2BProgram spendingHousingTradesPublic workHealth
- Pillar 2: Expand non-market housing$1.5BProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingHousingTradesInvestmentPublic work
- Turning federal lands and buildings into homes$1.55BProgram spendingHousingTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Pillar 3: Building a housing market that works for all$468MProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingHousingBusinessesTrades
- Helping Canadians get an affordable mortgage$13MProgram spendingHousing
- Securing a resilient food supply chain - Renewing the Local Food Infrastructure Fund$124MProgram spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Building the homes Canada needsno cost lineNo cost lineLoans, equity or financingHousingTradesInvestment
- Building the infrastructure that growing communities needno cost lineNo cost lineTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work