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-Proposal textThe GPC fully and unequivocally supports the recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide-2019, particularly its emphases on consuming largely plant-based diets; addressing issues of-nutritious food access and food insecurity affecting low-income, immigrant, and Indigenous people;-increasing food skills and food literacy; and considering the environmental impacts of food-choices.Type of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective / BenefitObjective-This initiative will bring the party’s food and health policies in line with evidence-based-nutrition, correct the previous platform’s statement in support of dairy, and will further-commitments to environmental sustainability, to social justice in general, and to reconciliation-with Indigenous peoples in particular.-Benefit-Adopting this initiative will strengthen the Green Party of Canada’s commitment to science-based-policy, and will substantively further its commitment to supporting the health of Canadians; to-decreasing healthcare costs; to alleviating inequities facing low-income, immigrant, and Indigenous-people; and to reducing environmental degradation.If your proposal replaces an existing policy or-policies, which one does it replace?Add to current GPC policy 1998 - Agriculture.List any supporting-evidence for your proposal1. American Medical Association. Culturally Responsive Dietary and-Nutritional Guidelines.-https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/detail/D-440.978?uri=%2FAMADoc%2Fdirectives.xml-0-1522.xml-2. Canadian pharmacists journal. "Canada's new Healthy Eating Strategy: Implications for health care-professionals and a call to action."-https://doi.org/10.1177/1715163519834891-3. Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada. Submission to SOCI regarding Bill S-228[...]-https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/421/SOCI/Briefs/ChronicDiseasePreventionAlliance_e.pdf-4. Should dairy be recommended as part of a healthy vegetarian diet? American Journal of Clinical-Nutrition-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19321571/--5. Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine. “Doctors Call on Dietary Guidelines to Ditch-Dairy to Fight Racial Health Disparities.”-https://www.pcrm.org/news/news-releases/doctors-call-dietary-guidelines-ditch-dairy-fight-racial-health-disparitiesDoes-this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group-or groups?N/AJurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?YesPlease indicate the-language the proposal is being submitted in.English
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- +Proposal Title:
- +Science-Based Food Policy: Selective Support of the 2019 Canada Food Guide
- +Proposal Text
- +The GPC selectively supports the recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide 2019, particularly its
- +emphases on consuming largely plant-based diets; addressing issues of nutritious food access and
- +food insecurity affecting low-income, immigrant, and Indigenous people; increasing food skills and
- +food literacy; and considering the environmental impacts of food choices.
- +Reason for amendment: The wording "fully and unequivocally supports" is too strong an endorsement,
- +as many members of the GPC would dispute the inclusion of any animal products whatsoever in the 2019
- +Canadian Food Guide. The original text's sentiment of "fully and unequivocally" supporting a food
- +guide that promotes animal products limits the GPC's ability to develop bold policies that favor
- +vegan foods over animal-based ones. Using the phrase "selectively" instead of "fully and
- +unequivocally" allows the GPC to pick and choose which sections of the 2019 food guide receive the
- +GPC's endorsement.
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The sections above are difficult to read so I'll post it here for a simplified view. The main point of this amendment is that "fully and unequivocally" is changed to "selectively".
NEW POLICY TITLE: Science-Based Food Policy: Selective Support of the 2019 Canada Food Guide
NEW POLICY TEXT: The GPC selectively supports the recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide 2019, particularly its emphases on consuming largely plant-based diets; addressing issues of nutritious food access and food insecurity affecting low-income, immigrant, and Indigenous people; increasing food skills and food literacy; and considering the environmental impacts of food choices.
REASON FOR AMENDMENT: The wording "fully and unequivocally supports" is too strong an endorsement, as many members of the GPC would dispute the inclusion of any animal products whatsoever in the 2019 Canadian Food Guide. The original text's sentiment of "fully and unequivocally" supporting a food guide that promotes animal products limits the GPC's ability to develop bold policies that favor vegan foods over animal-based ones. Using the phrase "selectively" instead of "fully and unequivocally" allows the GPC to pick and choose which sections of the 2019 food guide receive the GPC's endorsement.
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