Pallets of bread are shown in a food sorting room at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

Volunteers bag chocolate candy at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

A volunteer takes a frozen chicken from a cooler at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

Boxes of vegetables are shown at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden speaks about his "middle-out, bottom-up economic playbook" at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A person picks up a bag of food at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

A box of carrots is shown at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)

Volunteers bag chocolate candy at the Welcome Hall Mission grocery service for those experiencing food insecurity in Montreal on December 19, 2024. Parliament heard this fall that food waste is costing the economy billions of dollars while nearly two million Canadians, unable to afford a 23-percent hike in grocery prices since 2020, are lining up daily at food banks. A report by food rescue organization Second Harvest found 21.18 metric tonnes or 46.5 percent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year. That ranks Canada among the most wasteful in the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)