There has been a debate going on for over 50 years as to whether the primary cause of the growing environmental crisis is over-population or over-consumption. The debate still continues, even though the facts have been known conclusively for decades. Consider what we know to be the established facts. 60%
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Hope and Julian Limberg study (PDF) the effects of tax cuts for the rich – concluding that they lead to worsened inequality while generating no significant benefits for anybody but the few who are able to hoard wealth as a result.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kat Devlin and J.J. Moncus point out how people were justifiably pessimistic about burgeoning inequality even before a pandemic which has further consolidated wealth and power in the hands of the obscenely rich. Vanmala Subramaniam reports on Statistics Canada’s data showing that visible
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ari Rabin-Havt argues that any available means of treating COVID-19 need to be viewed as public goods to be made available to all, rather than windfalls for big pharma based on its ability to control supplies and prices. – The Guardian’s editorial board
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses how Donald Trump’s insistence on pushing reopening without a plan to alleviate an ongoing pandemic has led to disaster both for the U.S.’ economy and its public health. And the Economist highlights the need to make basic health precautions into
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board argues that Canada has put far too few resources toward actually stopping the spread of the coronavirus, focusing instead on immediate financial concerns rather than the underlying health issue. Justin Kong and Tsui Yee Wu make
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Patricia Cohen discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has exposed the precarious financial position of most Americans – but in the process highlighted that merely returning to the previous debt-laden stagnation is far from sufficient. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that there’s no getting around
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew MacLeod writes about the importance of patience in the face of astroturfed demands to put more workers’ lives at risk in the absence of effective vaccines or treatments against COVID-19. And Rachel Miller highlights the importance of taking social distancing seriously,
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Why Can’t We Feed Everyone?
If a mother and father fail to feed their children for any long period of time, the government will step in for the sake of the children and take action. When citizens of Canada fail to have access to food, with some living on the streets eating garbage, average people
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Redneck Con Larry Miller Disgraces Himself Again
The next time you hear Rona Ambrose call her zombie party the new/nouveau Cons, send her a message with just two words in it: Larry Miller.Because O'l Larry is still there, he couldn't be more Reform or more redneck.He's still the &quo…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ghastly Leona Aglukkaq and the Hungry North
We all know that Leona Aglukkaq is a shameless climate change denier and the worst Environment Minister in Canadian history.We know that she is one of the most aggressive hecklers in the House of Commons, or one of its worst bullies.Well now she's at it again. Denying that some people
Continue readingWhy is Purolator tackling hunger?
I confess that one of my minor pleasures is watching CFL games on TSN. Among the endless game interruptions is an ad/public service announcement in which genial Chris Schultz, member of the TSN football panel, hosts a presentation about the Purolator Tackle Hunger program. According to its website Purolator, the
Continue readingThings Are Good: Save the Oceans!
What’s a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world’s oceans might just help to feed the planet’s billion hungriest people. In an eye-opening talk, Savitz tells us what’s really going on in our global fisheries right now — it’s not good — and
Continue readingLeDaro: Hungry? Have a bowl of fresh worms/bugs or cook them and then enjoy
“A team of students from McGill University has proposed insect-infused flour as a possible solution to the global food crisis.” Looks delicious. Dig in.:)
Continue readingWill India defeat malnutrition?
India has a lot of a lot of things, including hungry people. It has the world’s second largest population and the world’s second highest percentage of malnourished children. It also has the world’s largest food distribution system. Unfortunately the system has been largely ineffective, riddled as it is with incompetence
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Hungry in Canada: One-in-Five Skip Meals to Help Make Ends Meet
By: Food Banks Canada | Press Release: TORONTO, May 6, 2013 – Today, food banks across the country are asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement from May 6-10, 2013, to raise awareness about the solvable issue of Hunger in Canada. Hunger hits much closer to home than many Canadians realize. In fact,
Continue readingHunger count 2011
Every March Food Banks Canada surveys it’s members compiling comprehensive data on hunger and food bank use across Canada. Hunger Count 2011 was released yesterday and as always the numbers are staggering.
In March 2011 the number of people who used a food bank in this country was 851,014 virtually unchanged from last year but still up 26% from 2008. More than 93,000 Canadians turned to a food
Continue readingRedBedHead: Child Obesity: Abuse Or Moral Panic
A number of articles were sent my way today about the phenomenon in the USA and Scotland – and probably in Canada – of charging parents with child abuse if they “allow” their children to become obese. I’ve discussed in previous posts here, here and her…
Continue readingShould We Just Up And Close Food Banks ?
That’s what Elaine Power, an associate professor at Queen’s and some one who has spent more than a decade researching hunger and volunteering at food banks, recommended in her column that appeared in Monday’s Globe and she is not alone in that belief…
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