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The Liberal government has quietly pushed through major changes to Canada’s pesticide laws in Bill C-30, giving cabinet the power to authorize pesticides even when Health Canada has determined they’re unsafe. This should alarm every Canadian. These changes were buried in an omnibus bill and rushed through Parliament without proper study by health or environment committees, without expert testimony from scientists and public health leaders, and without the transparency Canadians deserve. As I told the CBC: "The Liberal government chose to shut down debate and fast-track the passing of their omnibus bill," the NDP said in a statement." Food security matters and farmers need support but food security can’t be used as an excuse to let politicians override science or weaken protections for people, pollinators, soil, water and the environment. At the same time, the government is cutting public agricultural research capacity, closing research facilities, eliminating scientists and technicians, and ending programs like organic and regenerative agriculture research. If the Liberals are serious about food sovereignty, they should be investing in public science, working with farmers and strengthening protections, not giving cabinet the power to sideline Health Canada’s safety decisions. New Democrats will keep fighting for a food system that supports farmers, protects public health and puts science ahead of corporate lobbying
Whenever somebody starts romanticizing the apocalypse, I usually recommend they read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Most people imagine themselves as the hero in a post-apocalyptic movie. I’d think Cormac’s vision is a lot closer to reality. No tactical montages. No endless ammunition. No glorious last stands. Just cold, hunger, exhaustion, sickness, fear, and the constant struggle to find clean water and enough calories to see another sunrise. What people often miss is the speed of the degradation. They imagine a post-apocalyptic world as some kind of permanent camping trip with cooler gear. History suggests otherwise. Remove reliable food, clean water, sanitation, law enforcement, and modern medicine, and things can become ugly with shocking speed. We like to think we’re far removed from the darker chapters of human behavior, but we’re really only separated from them by the conditions we live under. Famine, disease, violence, exploitation, and every other ugly thing we associate with distant history have a habit of returning whenever those conditions collapse. Civilization is not a default setting. It’s an ongoing project, and it takes a great deal more effort to maintain than most people realize. It’s amazing how many people want the apocalypse right up until they realize they’d probably spend most of it looking for toilet paper and antibiotics.
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