We want to thank everone who took the time today to participate in our initial consultations ‘Towards a Comprehensive Food Policy for Canada’!
We apologize for any inconvenience you were caused with the technological hiccups but the feedback we have received so far is that people felt our little experiement was well worth the try! It was important to hear from all across Canada: from St. John’s to Victoria with both urban and rural represented. All involved spoke about the need to break down silos and ensure that all voices and perspectives are heard if we are to get the policy right.
Already people have been asking for the documents, conferences and summaries discussed today. You can send them to us at bennec8@parl.gc.ca so we can post them to our website.
Thanks again for all those who took part! We look forward to continuing the conversation with you in the very near future!
Click here for the Liberal Party’s press release and backgrounder on our “Comprehensive Food Policy.” This is just the beginning of a national conversation, please let us know what you think!!
Click Here for a document on Food Safety and Public Health written by Dr. Kirsty Duncan, Member of Parliament, Etobicoke-North
Click here for a document on Ecological Threats to Food Security also written by Dr. Kirsty Duncan
Click here for a document on Food Production/Distribution written by Hon. Wayne Easter, Liberal Critic for Agriculture
Click here for the contributions to the e-summit from the Toronto site.
Click here for the contributions to the e-summit and here for a document on Food and Ecology by Joyce Murray, M.P. Vancouver Quadra
Click here for the contributions to the e-summit from our Victoria site.
Click here and here for two documents from Dr. Perry Kendall, the Public Health Officer for British Columbia
Click here and here and here for some policy information from our site in Chatham-Kent-Essex.
Click here for a powerpoint presentation from the Peterborough Site.
Click here for a document from the Thunder-Bay-Superior North Site.
Click here for some notes from a stakeholder group from Vancouver.
People’s Food Policy is an excellent resource.
Click here to read a wonderful letter from one of my constituents, J.L. Kennedy, who presented her thoughts about what the ingredients in a comprehensive food policy for Canada should be
Click here for a letter from another constituent who has suggested ingridients for a food policy for Canada.
Here are the link to the song and my presentation for the CSPI Conference in Ottawa October 23… .with apologies to Lionel Bart Click here for my new lyrics to Food, Glorious Food.
Click here to view my presentation from the Championing Public Health Nutrition Conference
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