I've never heard of that program in Canada. When my son was young, he had some kind of food allergy that was never really fully understood. He grew out of it. The first time it happened, he wasn't fully choking. He could still talk but he was in obvious distress. I wanted to throw him in the car and drive to the hospital. The wife insisted on calling 911. They charged us $300.  After that we got him an epi-pen but I don't think he ever used it.