XPost: can.politics, ont.politics   
   From: weasel@stew.yum   
      
   On 4/2/2014 1:38 PM, {~_~} Раиса wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Who is Ellen DeGeneres and why should we care?   
   >   
   > Kim Dobranski aka Chom Noamsky wrote:   
   >> The target of Inuit anger. I know you like to "play" dumb but I'll copy   
   >> the relevant bit for you, again.  This a popular backlash against   
   >> activist, not the words of one MP:   
   >>   
   >> "Canadian Inuit across Nunavut posted "sealfies," which are selfies   
   >> showing sealskin clothing, to protest against Ellen DeGeneres' donation   
   >> of funds to an anti-seal hunting group from the money raised from the   
   >> record-breaking Oscars selfie."   
   >   
   >   
   > See?  It was always about the cancellation of the seal hunt for profit.   
   > And the goddamned Harper Cons have used their MP, Leona Aglukkaq, an   
   > Inuit, to portray environmentalists as being responsible for high food   
   > prices in regions where Inuit live.   
   > This is propaganda of the worst type:  using someone's racial heritage   
   > to link the cancelled seal hunt with the cost of food for the Inuit.   
   >   
   > Like I have said before:  the Harper government finds a new lower level   
   > in depravity every day it stays in office.   
   > See the extract below . . .  "food has always been expensive"  and . . .   
   > .   "Hunters used to be able to use meat to feed their families and sell   
   > pelts to offset the costs, but Ms Redfern says   
   > an EU and US ban on seal products has meant many people can no longer   
   > afford to hunt".   
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   >   
   > Think about that.  They've hunted for generations, but suddenly they're   
   > tied to survival because they can't sell pelts for fashion items in the EU?   
   >   
   > 'No pelts to sell, now we're paying for the same high-priced food   
   > without those profits.'  And that, of course, makes their food prices   
   > the fault of 'the environmentalists'.   
   > If you can't see the Harper government's fingerprints all over this one,   
   > then you've got the government you deserve . . . .   
      
   Stooopit, stoopit womyn... where do you think money comes from to be   
   able to afford to hunt?  Rather than be economically self sustaining,   
   you want them to be dependent on government handouts and subsidies.  The   
   other problem with your absurd argument is that Aglukkaq is a duly   
   elected MP, meaning that she has the popular support of the people she   
   represents.  I know from experience down south that bagging a moose and   
   processing it can cost hundreds of dollars, but it's still much cheaper   
   than buying meat from the local grocery store:   
      
   "Foraging and hunting for so-called country foods are important", says   
   Ms Redfern, but it can hard for people to get hold of them.   
   "They often have to travel for days, and it is expensive," she says. In   
   summer, hunters need boats with motors, fuel, nets, gun and bullets. In   
   the winter they need snowmobiles, sleds, tents, stoves and warm winter   
   clothing.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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   >   
   > Leesee Papatsie, who organised the protests and lives in Iqaluit, has a   
   > good job but still spends more than a third of her pay on food - about   
   > $500-$600 a week.   
   >   
   > "Food has always been expensive," she says. "The cost doesn't shock me   
   > any more. Luckily, I live in a large town, smaller towns are more   
   > expensive."   
   >   
   > The minimum wage in Nunavut is the highest in the country at $11 an   
   > hour, but high living costs mean it doesn't have the same purchasing   
   > power. And the unemployment rate is high, at 16%.   
   >   
   > "Most people will know someone who is hungry or has been hungry," says   
   > Ms Papatsie. "Lots of kids go to school hungry and don't have proper   
   > meals. It's cheaper to buy an oven dinner than the separate ingredients,   
   > it's not a good diet, but people think at least they have food."   
   >   
   > Food security   
   >   
   > The Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey conducted in 2007-2008 found that   
   > nearly 70% of Inuit children aged three to five years in 16 Nunavut   
   > communities resided in food-insecure households, meaning they did not   
   > have sufficient access to appropriate foods for a nutritious diet.   
   >   
   > Overall, 31% of Inuit children lived in homes with moderate child food   
   > insecurity; many were fed less expensive food or did not eat enough   
   > because there was no money for food.  Another 25.1% lived in homes with   
   > severe child food insecurity; many skipped meals, went hungry, or did   
   > not eat for a whole day.   
   >   
   > The UN's Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter,   
   > recently travelled to Canada, where he said 2-3m people couldn't afford   
   > the diets they needed to lead healthy lives. He said one million First   
   > Nations people and 55,000 Inuit were in a "desperate situation".   
   >   
   > Many southern Canadians have been asking the group whether locals hunt   
   > and gather for traditional foods to mitigate the impact of costly imports.   
   >   
   > Foraging and hunting for so-called country foods are important, says Ms   
   > Redfern, but it can hard for people to get hold of them.   
   >   
   > "They often have to travel for days, and it is expensive," she says. In   
   > summer, hunters need boats with motors, fuel, nets, gun and bullets. In   
   > the winter they need snowmobiles, sleds, tents, stoves and warm winter   
   > clothing.   
   >   
   > Hunters used to be able to use meat to feed their families and sell   
   > pelts to offset the costs, but Ms Redfern says an EU and US ban on seal   
   > products has meant many people can no longer afford to hunt.   
   >   
   > A federally funded programme, Nutrition North Canada Program (NNCP),   
   > gives subsidies to retailers who are supposed to lower the prices of   
   > essential healthy foods in communities without regular road or water   
   > access.   
   >   
   > Mr McMullen says the scheme, which pays $53.9m a year, has brought the   
   > cost of four litres of milk down from $15.19 to $7.79, but he concedes   
   > that more needs to be done to make food affordable.   
      
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