Hi all... I was curious to see if food had made its way into the national party's platforms for these elections. Here is what I found:
NDP:
5.5 Ensuring your family’s food is safe
• We will introduce a Canadian Food Strategy that will combine health goals, environmental goals, food quality objectives, local and organic choices for consumers across the country;
• We will increase food safety by hiring 200 new food inspectors for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
• We will strengthen the Canada Food Inspection Agency’s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to food borne illness outbreaks and ensure imported foods meet the same environmental and health standards that apply to food produced in Canada;
• We will enact legislation to require proper labeling of food with information on its origin, its nutritional value and whether it is genetically modified or not.
5.6 protecting the family farm
• We will work with provinces to provide easily accessible business risk management programs for farmers that cost less;
• We will review railway freight tariffs that have been gouging Canadian farmers across the country;
• We will work to ensure the sustainability of Canada’s agriculture by encouraging young farmers to take up farming and by supporting current farmers with enhanced skill training, mentorship programs and ensuring that arable land is more widely available;
• We will work with provinces to streamline and make more accessible business risk management programs by cutting accounting fees;
• We will support the Canadian Wheat Board as the single desk
marketer for Canadian wheat and barley.
-A new Healthy Choices program to educate Canadians on healthy eating, how the food system works, and how to minimize threats to food safety
-New, progressive labeling regulations that give clear and simple information to Canadians on the nutritional value of the foods they purchase, improve the regulatory process for new health claims, and clarify Product of Canada labeling;
-Strong new regulatory standards on transfats and salt
-$40 million over four years to implement a new Healthy Start program to help
250,000 children from low-income families access healthy, home-grown foods,
in partnership with the provinces, territories and non-governmental organizations. A Liberal government will also commit to ongoing support for the Canada
Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) and Aboriginal Head Start Program (AHSP)
-$80 million over four years to create a Buy Local Fund. The Fund will promote
high-quality, homegrown foods produced by local farmers and support a
Farmers’ Markets Development Program to market and grow Canada’s
farmers’ markets, in cooperation with the provinces and territories
-A comprehensive review of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA),
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), to ensure
Canada’s food safety system is effectively coordinated to minimize risks
and assure Canadians that the food on their dinner tables is safe, and
-An additional $50 million over four years to improve food inspection
by the CFIA and to ensure the same food safety standards set for
Canadian producers are applied to foods imported into Canada.
Only found the word "food" once in the Green Party's platform: We see a future Canada with vibrant, welleducated and motivated citizens, living in healthy
communities, eating safe and healthy food, and enjoying a life-giving, healthy natural world.
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NDP:
5.5 Ensuring your family’s food is safe
• We will introduce a Canadian Food Strategy that will combine health goals, environmental goals, food quality objectives, local and organic choices for consumers across the country;
• We will increase food safety by hiring 200 new food inspectors for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
• We will strengthen the Canada Food Inspection Agency’s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to food borne illness outbreaks and ensure imported foods meet the same environmental and health standards that apply to food produced in Canada;
• We will enact legislation to require proper labeling of food with information on its origin, its nutritional value and whether it is genetically modified or not.
5.6 protecting the family farm
• We will work with provinces to provide easily accessible business risk management programs for farmers that cost less;
• We will review railway freight tariffs that have been gouging Canadian farmers across the country;
• We will work to ensure the sustainability of Canada’s agriculture by encouraging young farmers to take up farming and by supporting current farmers with enhanced skill training, mentorship programs and ensuring that arable land is more widely available;
• We will work with provinces to streamline and make more accessible business risk management programs by cutting accounting fees;
• We will support the Canadian Wheat Board as the single desk
marketer for Canadian wheat and barley.
Source: xfer.ndp.ca
Conservative:
There was a bit too much text here, but here are the headers:
EXPAND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR FARMERS
EQUIVALENCY FOR FOOD INPUTS
SUPPORT SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD
SUPPORT FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY
Source: www.conservative.ca
Liberal:
National Food Policy:
-A new Healthy Choices program to educate Canadians on healthy eating, how the food system works, and how to minimize threats to food safety
-New, progressive labeling regulations that give clear and simple information to Canadians on the nutritional value of the foods they purchase, improve the regulatory process for new health claims, and clarify Product of Canada labeling;
-Strong new regulatory standards on transfats and salt
-$40 million over four years to implement a new Healthy Start program to help
250,000 children from low-income families access healthy, home-grown foods,
in partnership with the provinces, territories and non-governmental organizations. A Liberal government will also commit to ongoing support for the Canada
Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) and Aboriginal Head Start Program (AHSP)
-$80 million over four years to create a Buy Local Fund. The Fund will promote
high-quality, homegrown foods produced by local farmers and support a
Farmers’ Markets Development Program to market and grow Canada’s
farmers’ markets, in cooperation with the provinces and territories
-A comprehensive review of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA),
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), to ensure
Canada’s food safety system is effectively coordinated to minimize risks
and assure Canadians that the food on their dinner tables is safe, and
-An additional $50 million over four years to improve food inspection
by the CFIA and to ensure the same food safety standards set for
Canadian producers are applied to foods imported into Canada.
Source: cdn.liberal.ca
Green:
Only found the word "food" once in the Green Party's platform: We see a future Canada with vibrant, welleducated and motivated citizens, living in healthy
communities, eating safe and healthy food, and enjoying a life-giving, healthy natural world.
Source: greenparty.ca