Carney unveils new $3.2B strategy to improve access to affordable food (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

We are going to grow more at home, process more at home and feed more Canadians with Canadian food.

So, I take it that the policy to build more urban sprawl on prime farmland is over, right? Just healthy, walkable neighbourhoods with decent density?

No?

Allowing continued growth in the Fraser valley, Okanogan, and southern Ontario jeopardizes the ability to grow many of the crops suggested in TFA - fruit and vegetables and nuts. You can’t grow peaches in Saskatchewan.

[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

B-but the only solution to affordable housing is dumping money into new development that will sell for half a million per unit so it can be bought by a foreign investment corporation and charge 50-70% of a Canadian's income to rent back!

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

Why are commenting on provincial policies on a story about the federal government? Learn how governments work before blaming a PM for everything and buying flags for your trucks.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

A lot of housing developments are locally permitted, but get provincial and/or Federal funding. The federal government definitely has the power to encourage/discourage urban sprawl style housing.

[-] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Isn't land use provincial?

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

Of course it is, but Canada blames everything on the PM.

Justin Trudeau stole all my furniture last week and replaced it with exact duplicates.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Food access is also provincial. Wasn’t one of the first things Carney was going to do after being elected to help the provinces dismantle their food trade barriers? What ever happened to that? He’s throwing money at the problem now instead of brokering a deal?

[-] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Throwing money... infrastructure is absolutely an area government should be involved in. Improving distribution through more wholesale markets is a great idea IMO.

We need more Canadian processing, hopefully geared to mid tier, its currently bifurcated - trash food on one side and sixteen dollar jams on the other. We need more options, and options that are available to more than just the largest players through an anemic supply chain.

Greenhouses, we don't like those? Ontario is a global leader, let's keep it going I would love more Canadian produce in the heart of winter.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Provinces that said no before continued to say no.

[-] glibg@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Well-managed community gardens can grow massive quantities of food. Literal tons per half square block. I'd like to see more of a focus/funding on these sort of urban farms.