Where is canada going?
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On the other hand, is moving perishable and fresh food all around the world a practical concept? I'm not so sure about "feeding the world"...how about helping the world to feed itself (where needed)? Countries like India could teach us a thing or two about food, but we (North Americans) tend to think we have all the answers. I think we don't.
Self-sufficiency is not an outmoded concept, in my opinion. I don't think globalization has to include our food, nor should it. There are more disadvantages than advantages to including it in that scenario, and I think it would be better for all if we simply left it out.
Good question. Vij's Restaurant in Vancouver grows some of their own stuff, and it seems to work well. Mind you, it is located in "lotus land" (climate) but a bit of glass and a solar heating setup would take care of that issue in less accommodating climates.
I agree. Too much government, basically...takes the incentive out of wanting to do a good job in food, and many other efforts. I have no idea why small business still forms the backbone of the economy...it certainly isn't because of all the 'encouragement' received from our governments.
As usual you missed the point entirely. The financial rewards of a small farm do not compensate for the knowledge or investment required, even if you already owned the land. Perhaps I should have said stupid instead of dumb.
I know a fair amount about Agribiz and its incestuous relationship with Monsanto which is why we spend a great deal of money on organic food including meat. I also fix equipment for several small farmers so I have a good idea of what they go through.
Continuing down the path we are on will lead to the end. We cannot live on a baron rock. Life is interdependent on all other life. Until that realization sinks in and we start developing our technology to be in harmony with the web, we are going to be hooped. Sure there may or may not be an endless supply of oil in the ground, but to continue to use it is just plain stupid.
Also compare us to China where in spite of not having decent roads or any other type of infrastructure to speak of, they have highspeed internet and cell phones - in the middle of nowhere and in spite of mountains.
We were promised broadband access by the government and we are still waiting. Friends of mine also have satellite access, Bar Sinister, and they tell me the same thing about the expense and the fact that at times it is not a bit faster than our current dial-up speed. :x
Stupid is insulting people who feed you.
Stupid people in the billions have been feeding themselves and others from their lands for thousands of years.
There is no such thing as a small farm anymore or was the word you are looking for a "garden plot"?
Maybe this harvest I'll piss in the hopper while harvesting barley?
They say you only rent beer so maybe it's time to start recycling right at the producer level and get more bang for my rental dollar?
Well I may just have to move out to the "back 40" near where Countryboy lives (not too many tax guys near there) and open the market after dark.
Absolutely not .There are 2 more issues tough regarding the banks and federal income tax .You want to talk about it ? I,m listening .:canada:[/quote]
We will be governed, make no mistake. Only through the governing of capital can it be made to serve the social security priority. An easy hand on capital is exactly why the capitalist system is in crisis. The capitalist system is not ever responsibly self regulating this was why regulation like Glass Stegal and various anti-combine acts where legislated in the first place. Those exact grants of self regulation made to the class in the last twenty years such as the suspension of Glass Stegal made a bad economy worse and further consentrated the wealth of nations in fewer and fewer hands. Less regulation, will result in no effective regulation, which will accelerate the decline, if that is in fact possible. If a nation cannot see the capital in motion it cannot protect the citizenry from that same capital. Welcome to twenty-first century Canada the land of liberated capital.
Here's a reply from the letter sent to Tony Clement - Post #78:
On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, thank you for your e-mail message of February 6, 2010 regarding on-line discussions of Canada’s future on the “Canadian Content” forum. I appreciate you bringing the views of discussion group members to my attention.
A common foundation underlying the list of industries that you have provided is the importance of ideas, innovation and inventiveness. The Government of Canada’s Science and Technology Strategy, Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada’s Advantage, lays out a plan to develop three distinct Canadian advantages in ideas, innovation and inventiveness:
On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, thank you for your e-mail message of February 6, 2010 regarding on-line discussions of Canada’s future on the “Canadian Content” forum. I appreciate you bringing the views of discussion group members to my attention.
A common foundation underlying the list of industries that you have provided is the importance of ideas, innovation and inventiveness. The Government of Canada’s Science and Technology Strategy, Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada’s Advantage, lays out a plan to develop three distinct Canadian advantages in ideas, innovation and inventiveness:
- An Entrepreneurial Advantage that encourages firms to be innovators;
- A Knowledge Advantage that puts Canadians at the international forefront of research and discovery; and
- A People Advantage that helps build the best educated, most skilled and most flexible workforce.
The strategy identifies four priority areas for enhanced investment and activity: - Environmental science and technologies
- Natural resources and energy
- Health and related life sciences and technologies
- Information and communications technologies
The overarching objective of this federal Science and Technology Strategy is to turn ideas into innovations that will improve our economic competitiveness and standard of living.
Thank you again for writing on this important topic.
Sincerely,
Tim Elliot
Director General
Service Industries and
Consumer Products Branch
Cuba sucks for the Cubans unless you are a hooked up politico.
Did you know those farmers with cattle and chickens don't even own the animals?
The farmers, by law, are not allowed to eat any of their own beef or poultry.
Or an egg or milk.
Did you know the most popular national beer "Crystal" in Cuba is really Molson's Canadian?
Do you know why in those little restaurants in Varedero why the fried chicken is all "landing gear"?
Its because all the chicken breasts have been exported by law with the funds going to the state.
Did you know its illegal for the locals to harvest a few prawns or lobsters and eat them?
The state owns them.
Those little community markets in Cuba where they sell a few potatoes and onions are often the only place the locals can get any vegetables.
Ask a few locals how well the state provides the food supplies guaranteed in their "ration books".
Very poorly is the answer.
Cuba is provided funding, advice and technology in almost all sectors by Canada and Canadians.
One exception is Cuba's biomedical and biological and genetic engineering fields which it is assumed were very heavily funded by the state for potential military usage.
In the field of agriculture Canada is teaching and helping out the Cubans not vise-versa.
Trex
Typical governmental propaganda. They're failing in several areas: they don't push environmentally sensitive technology development enough (The USA is even more green than we are, Germany makes us look like infants when it comes to solar energy, Portugal makes us look like infants when it comes to harnessing ocean energy, etc), cater to environmentally destructive concerns too much, and probably fail in other areas, too.
This "reply" was so weak I didn't even think it qualified as good government propaganda. It pretty much amounts to nothing.
Being a bit of a glutton for punishment, I guess I'll do another letter to see if anyone is actually alive in that department.