Nunavut families to protest high food costs where whole chicken costs $65

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Kakato said:
Any 747 flying into the north is allways fully loaded,I guess I should have explained that for the more ignorant here,forgive me because sometimes I take for granted that some folks have some common sense.
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You already stated they were always fully loaded, I acknowledged that, twice.

I'm not sure how that rates a neg rep and further unprovoked, unwarranted attacks. Of which both of us have been warned about.

I'll just leave you to dig your own hole, have fun.
 
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On any 747 going north there can be all seats or just a few rows,what they dont take for passengers they do with frieght,they have a sliding wall that seperates the middle of the plane,passengers in the back,goods in the front.
Any plane going north is loaded to the nuts.
Anyone who has ever flew north of Winnipeg or Calgary would know this.

I guess I take for granted most Canadians knew this but looks like i'm wrong,my bad.
 
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Nuggler said:
8O Who in Nunavutatutamutt eats whole chicken anyways, or parts thereof??

Or pizza

Or potatoes.

They live off the land, what with trouts and muskox and caribooooo, etc.

Whoever heard of making a pizza coat or mukluks. Or a pair of chicken socks??
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I don't think Pizza falls within the realm of "required eating" for anybody.
 
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I don't think Pizza falls within the realm of "required eating" for anybody.
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The northern store in Baker lake has a kfc and a pizza hut in it,the only place to shop in town.
Local hangout also.
The seats are allways full.
A bucket of chicken will cost well over $100.00 though if ya get all the fixins with it.
 
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JLM said:
I don't think Pizza falls within the realm of "required eating" for anybody.
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Neither does the bulk of what's being shown in the previous videos.

The Inuit managed to maintain a healthy diet, long before 747's possibly fully loaded with people or possibly fully load with produce, or a combination tereof, managed to find an air strip to drop on.

It would seem to me, that given the extensive reporting we've received on how amazing the Inuit are, that they would be able to resurect such a diet, and pass it on to the new folk in town.

Although, I'm sure I've read around here somewhere, how that was already done.

To no avail obviously.
 
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Kakato said:
The northern store in Baker lake has a kfc and a pizza hut in it,the only place to shop in town.
Local hangout also.
The seats are allways full.
A bucket of chicken will cost well over $100.00 though if ya get all the fixins with it.
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Holy sh*t, that place could really use a Macy's! :smile:

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A bucket of chicken will cost well over $100.00 though if ya get all the fixins with it.
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I would think for that price you'd definitely want a container or two of that maccaroni salad. :lol:

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What's a large double cheese with pepperoni, ham and bacon worth?
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About 15 cents!
 
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I'm not very religious, however was it once said; "teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime."

Why not supply them the education, the facility and means to raise, and grow their own food??

Building infrastructure that can use geothermal and wind energy, then build indoor facilities to grow food, chickens and so on..

Just ask'in?

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I'm not very religious, however was it once said; "teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime."

Why not supply them the education, the facility and means to raise, and grow their own food??

Building infrastructure that can use geothermal and wind energy, then build indoor facilities to grow food, chickens and so on..

Just ask'in?

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Makes sense to me, in fact I brought it up a while ago...

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If you can bury a load of sea containers and grow pot in the mountains of BC. I'm sure some enterprising young person could put something together for Canada's north.
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Not to be contrary, but...

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I realize the latter is a sales pitch, lol.
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It's hard to feed a family when a bag of apples costs $15 and a spring chicken will set you back more than $60.

That's why the people of Nunavut are organizing a massive demonstration on Saturday - at home and in Ottawa - to protest the soaring cost of groceries in the territory.

It began with one woman, Leesee Papatsie, a mother of five in Iqaluit, who launched the Facebook page "Feeding My Family" to showcase the extreme prices.

The site features pictures of food on store shelves, with yellow tags depicting prices that would shock consumers in most of Canada.

A case of 12 Best Value pizza pops sells for $20. A box of Chip Ahoy is $11.29. A case of jelly-filled Billet Logs is $17.79.

And that's just the snacks. Healthier options, and some basic necessities, are much pricier.

A pack of spaghetti noodles is $13.49. A bag of apples costs about $15. Red peppers sell for $16.89 per kilogram. A whole chicken will set you back $64.99. And a box of 84 Pampers' diapers runs for $73.

The page urges people to protest outside their local stories on Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m.

More than 10,000 people - one third of the territory's population - has signed up.

A rally is also planned in Ottawa.

The high costs are due to high shipping costs, as food is flown in to the remote area.
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All these Indians in Nunavut get all their money from the government anyways.
 
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I'm not very religious, however was it once said; "teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime."

Why not supply them the education, the facility and means to raise, and grow their own food??

Building infrastructure that can use geothermal and wind energy, then build indoor facilities to grow food, chickens and so on..

Just ask'in?

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Cheaper to still fly it in.

There's a windmill at Rankin,it rarely spins,a greenhouse would need to be blacked out during the night as plants dont do very well in 24 hour sunlight.
Geo thermal would be a challenge because of permafrost.
Diesel runs the Arctic,the biggest problem is logistics and the fact that most small hamlets and communities have one store in the town,in Baker lake it's the northern store,you buy everything from food to your next truck there.
It's a huge monopoly and there is no competition.
In 2007 Baker lake Northern store was outfitting over 40 exploration camps,this left the store shelves empty everywhere.
 
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L Gilbert said:
New **** usually costs a bundle to set up. I wouldn't mind seeing a report on a running operation cost in comparison to shipping costs, though.
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A 3 hour round trip to our camp last year from YK was over $20,000 for a c130 herc.
Thats a fuel bladder of 22,000 liters or 109 drums of jet a fuel or a ****load of groceries.

Just sayin,I did a lot of logistic work in the arctic.
We got more hercs last year then most hamlets did.
So when the mines are taking better care of their workers then the natives in Nunavit then the govt. then there's obviously a problem.
 
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