Eat Think Vote Yukon

Ask The Candidate

With grocery prices as a number one concern and record levels of food insecuirty, voters will be heading ot the polls April 28th. We want to make sure that candidates know food sovereignty a priority. Now is time to ask hard questions.

We will be posing the following questions to each of the candidates and posting thier responses here.

1. What do you think the government of Canada should do to help build resilient food systems that can withstand global shocks and the impacts of climate change?

2. What do you think the government of Canada should do to reduce food insecurity rates and eradicate severe food insecurity?

3. How will you help to advance school food programming, ensuring that all school aged children have access to healthy meals at school?

In March the Yukon and Canadian governments signed an agreement that will help to fund school food programs in the Yukon, however, simultaneously the federal government has delayed Jordan’s Principle funding to Yukon First Nation Education Directorate. This funding has been foundational in school food program delivery in Northern and Indigenous communities. The Food Bank Society of the Yukon has noted that they would be ‘overrun’ if school food programs ceased to exist in the Yukon.

4. There are considerable challenges with Nutrition North, for example:
-The strict definition of ‘isolated’ excludes many vulnerable Yukon communities
-Retail subsidy is limited in supporting diet and cultural preferences
-Studies show savings are not being fully passed through to consumers.
‍How would you change the program to better serve Yukon communities?

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