Indeed. But yeah, they have to know that and they have to be able to afford it. I know it isn't much, nutif you're kid.is hungry,.you've already been to the foodbank an can't go back because there are time.limits and you have 5 bucks....a bottle of vitamins likely isn't on the radar....something to fill the belly is.

But, more to your point, it may be an idea for the government to provde free Vit. C to folks, especially in remote communities. Canada already has free healthcare (administered by the provinces), so all people would have to do is go to the store,get the vitamins and scan their health card. It's not like the governmnt hasn't wasted billions of dollars on less important things.