I see in the newspaper that the NDP would like us to adopt a national food policy where Canadians shift their diets to locally produced foods. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, as it isn't the first time Lucky Jack has borrowed policy from Chairman Mao. I'm waiting for the next announcement that land should be seized from wealthy farmers and redistributed to urban peasants for the greater good of collectivization. Private farming should be deemed counter-revolutionary and a criminal offense.
With the imminent merger of the NDP and Liberals, I gotta say that I look forward to more industrial announcements by the socialists and I encourage them to keep talking. I wonder if Jack had to get Iggy to approve?
Ignatieff thought ditch digging was a great idea. The NDP fought to keep Prison Farms open, although those leaving did not find jobs on farms.
ReplyDeleteIt must be those wonderful shows on PBS or CBC that distort the facts about the real costs of the local production.
Are we going to fire all those truckers, pickers? How many people are employed in the distribution system?
Why are the elitist politicians trying to punish the poor farmers and poor labourers in poor countries?
Makes sense is you leave near the warmer climates, but I don't think we are going back to canned and pickling as our parents did.
Quit with the food police! What are all those vegetarian tofu eaters going to do when the tofu disappears? They better learn to cook potatoes and root vegs 365 days a year. I'm surprised that Jack hasn't gone for a salt ban in restaurants - the salt shaker will be the "white crystal" of choice, sold by dealers in the back alleys and street corners. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteI thought Maos food policy was to export it and let the Chinese eat some sort of grass grown in urine pits. Right now the peasants are having their land stolen to build luxury apartment, but some are fighting back.
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That's find for them as live in southern BC or southern Ontario. For the rest of us, it's going to be hard going from October to July.
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