Conservatives: Not our job to feed starving Canadian children
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At least CBC put up the full quote. Although that didn't stop the
Another one who ignores context.
Another one who ignores context.
Which part? The yes or the duty of care - like they send by the boatload overseas (thus maintaining an image they don't show here)
Tons of tax payer money gets distributed in this Country. A lot more than gets shipped overseas. You can pick at what he said, but the fact remains that throwing money at child hunger is not the answer.
Where do foodbanks fall into what he was saying, does anyone know? Do they count as 'empowering families to feed their kids themselves'?
In a situation like that perhaps the person shouldnt have a child. Unfortunately the government doesnt do a particularly good job with crown wards either. Not as bad as a crackhead, but not a whole lot better.
I don't know what I find more infuriating. The hang wringing crowd who hang of every word looking for fault or the idiots who allow themselves to be pushed into bullshyte apologies.
What a phoney world we live in.
Oh won't some please think of the children.
What a phoney world we live in.
Oh won't some please think of the children.
That is a secondary or tertiary role of Governments. Their prime concern is enacting legislation.
At least no one here said that people on welfare have more children to get more welfare. A lot of American right wingers think that. My suggestion is give people on welfare free birth control.
You have that right, they have a responsibility to protect children, but I think it should be at "arms length" farm the actual duties out to a capable committee. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but the prime roll of many parents has changed drastically in the past forty years, from parenting to something else. A lot to do possibly with procuring more money to buy more junk they don't need.
Just the money spent on Xmas now has gone up far more exponentially than the cost of living. Where $5 or $10 used to be a reasonable amount to spend on a child's Xmas gift, now for some kids it's in the $thousands.
I don't have all the answers. If I had all the answers I wouldn't be working 60 - 70 hours a week to take care of my own.
Perhaps if we spent less time trying to trip up our political opponents with word play and concentrated on some of the things Moore actually said we'd find more solutions.
I don't know how to solve the problem here. The fact is, children do go hungry. It's all well and good to say "not my problem" but be in a school where there are kids who are hungry and neglected and see how you feel looking at the ragged clothes and big eyes and bruised bodies.
On the other hand the school where I currently work teaches English as a Second Language. These people are right off the boat. We provide daycare for the tots while they learn English. The weather is freezing. They come to school sometimes in sandals but their kids have snowsuits on and are chunky. Why is that?
No child should have to suffer because their parent is incapable (mentally, emotionally or physically) of putting food into their mouth or clothes on their back but Immigrants with no stoves in their living quarters seem to make it happen.
I think the problem is multi-layered.
Poverty does affect children and woman more harshly than any other demographic. From the article:
On the other hand the school where I currently work teaches English as a Second Language. These people are right off the boat. We provide daycare for the tots while they learn English. The weather is freezing. They come to school sometimes in sandals but their kids have snowsuits on and are chunky. Why is that?
No child should have to suffer because their parent is incapable (mentally, emotionally or physically) of putting food into their mouth or clothes on their back but Immigrants with no stoves in their living quarters seem to make it happen.
I think the problem is multi-layered.
Poverty does affect children and woman more harshly than any other demographic. From the article:
Whose responsibility is it to feed a hungry child?