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PFPP in the Media 2010
Global issues eating away at Canada's conscience
Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 2010
Jason Froats and his daughter, Nia, get up in the morning and collect eggs for breakfast from their backyard chicken coop in Mount Albert, Ont. »
Des citoyens réclament une autre politique alimentaire au Canada
La terre de chez nous, june 3, 2010
Des citoyens du Québec et d’autres provinces se mobilisent en faveur de la souveraineté alimentaire. Ils veulent faire pression sur le gouvernement canadien afin qu’il modifie sa politique alimentaire qu’ils jugent trop tournée vers le commerce extérieur...
Une question d'étiquette - Pas facile de se nourrir localement!
Le Devoir, may 22, 2010
Préoccupés par ce qui se trouve dans leurs assiettes, les Canadiens sont de plus en plus enclins à choisir des aliments respectant les principes de l'agriculture durable. Si, sur les tablettes, l'offre biologique et équitable est aujourd'hui beaucoup plus importante..
Canada Needs a National Food Strategy
thestar.com, October 15, 2009
What is most disturbing about Canada's food system is not the degraded quality, the impact on health, the devastation of natural resources from industrial fishing and farming, the impoverishment of food producers, the inequitable access that leaves so many Canadians undernourished ...
Food Sovereignty and Food Policy in the media
Policy Briefing - Agriculture
The Hill Times, July 12, 2010
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, pictured recently on Parliament Hill, says the feds want to open markets to agricultural commodities, enhance competition, improve agricultural research, and reduce the regulatory burden on farmers. They’re also actively pursuing free trade agreements while fixing trade irritants, and recently signed a ‘breakthrough’ agreement to give Canada full access to the Chinese market. »
Biofuels Backfire
Common Ground, July 2010
If the new “Renewable Fuels Regulations” are implemented this year as planned, all of our fuel will soon contain a mandatory amount of biofuels. The period for the public to comment on the regulations ended in early June and despite serious questions about the real costs and impacts, which have gone unanswered, the regulations could be published this summer. »
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