Carnivorous Canadians may have to be pay more to satisfy their hunger pains if the federal Greens ever form government. In an email responding to suggestions the party should be promoting vegetarianism, agriculture critic Kate Storey stated the Green's shadow cabinet "essentially agree" they should advocate "to remove subsidies, tax breaks and support programs for industrial meat production. This reduces the supply of cheap meat which then influences the consumer to buy less."
Continued Ms. Storey, "A ban on meat is dictatorial. I think that it is preferable to change consumer choice by offering better alternatives than by controlling their choice. The Green party needs to be careful to leave command and control politics to the likes of (Conservative Prime Minister) Stephen Harper."
In an interview with Public Eye, Ms. Storey said it "will be up to the members" to determine what the Green's policy on industrial meat production should be. As for her personal opinion on vegetarianism, the critic stated, "I personally think (food choice) should be up to the individual…And to just come out and say everyone should be vegetarians isn't really feasible. But there are a lot of problems with our industrial meat production. And rather than saying all meat is bad, I would prefer to look at the industry and say, 'What's allowing them to overproduce and what effect is it having on our society and our health as well.'"
"A ban on meat would be dictatorial."
How comforting it is to think about the Green Party getting together and discussing an outright ban on meat but eventually deciding that no, that would be too "dictatorial." What nice folks. I wonder how the discussion on banning cars went.
These guys have lost it...if they ever had it begin with.
Thats awesome.
How can you have a "Shadow Cabinet" without a MP?
Will, we decided to opt for a carbon tax and emissions standards rather than banning cars. You can find here:
http://www.greenparty.ca/climate
Eliminate Subsidies, Tax Externalities, Elect Greens.