If we assume Loblaws gets 100% of this money and those 12M Canadians get no extra food as a result from it, then I would be 100% against this. However I bet that 12M people will get some more food, probably not the equivalent of 100% of the spend but not zero. Loblaws would get the rest. Hunger isn’t lower priority than healthcare. Both are cut-to-the-bone issues and food very much affects health and healthcare. So I think this will provide needed relief in the near term. We all know what happens in the long run. It’s very much not the type of policy I would do if I were PM.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d prefer an Avi Lewis gov’t setup a non-profit public grocer and distributor and have zero money go to Loblaws, which is why I’m getting people to vote in the NDP election. I’m just commenting on the current material reality.
Zero obviously.
If we assume Loblaws gets 100% of this money and those 12M Canadians get no extra food as a result from it, then I would be 100% against this. However I bet that 12M people will get some more food, probably not the equivalent of 100% of the spend but not zero. Loblaws would get the rest. Hunger isn’t lower priority than healthcare. Both are cut-to-the-bone issues and food very much affects health and healthcare. So I think this will provide needed relief in the near term. We all know what happens in the long run. It’s very much not the type of policy I would do if I were PM.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d prefer an Avi Lewis gov’t setup a non-profit public grocer and distributor and have zero money go to Loblaws, which is why I’m getting people to vote in the NDP election. I’m just commenting on the current material reality.