Monday, November 22, 2021

This holiday season, the most generous thing you can do isn't simply to donate leftovers or cans from your pantry or write your annual cheque. It's to challenge yourself to stop, learn more about food justice advocacy in Canada, especially within affected communities that have been organizing for decades. It's to contact your elected officials directly and ask them how they plan to respect, protect and fulfill Canada's right to food especially in the context of the climate crisis. And it's to call out corporations and politicians when they use charity as a shield and a prompt for their own harmful and continued inaction.
We must think of food insecurity as we do the climate crisis – as a pressing issue of political and societal will. Only then can we truly ensure that Canadians' have a real right to food." ~Paul Taylor (FoodShare Toronto)

Posted at 09:24 AM