Escaping Old Ideas: Lament for a Canadian Food Policy (original) (raw)

Despite Canada’s position as both a developed nation and a leader in human rights, the nation has failed to develop a domestic social food policy. Not only does Canada stand out among its counterparts as the only western nation without a federally-funded food policy, but the nation is experiencing growing food insecurity. This paper argues that it is not for lack of need or will by citizens, but that the guiding political ideology is deaf to such demands. This is due to a paradigm shift which began during the Mulroney period and directed Canada's political agenda away from social support towards a supply side approach in sync with the neoliberal geopolitical climate.