‘The Aboriginal Industry At Work’
People (and their children) are struggling all across Canada but somehow, this is an ‘Indigenous’ issue:
“As families across Canada grapple with the increasing cost of groceries, a new study says ‘First Nations’ {Indian}, Metis and Inuit children and youth have been disproportionately affected by ‘food insecurity’ for years — to the point that it’s an “urgent public health crisis“.
“The seriousness of this in ‘Indigenous’ communities is unlike any other population“,
said Dr. Anna Banerji, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto and lead author of the study, which was recently published in the journal ‘PLOS Global Public Health’.
{Canadian Aboriginals are ‘Indigenous’ to Siberia and Mongolia.}
“Banerji and her co-authors looked at dozens of peer-reviewed research studies, as well as reports from ‘First Nations’, Metis and Inuit organizations, to determine the extent of ‘food insecurity’ among ‘Indigenous’ children in Canada.
“Moderate” ‘food insecurity’ is defined by Statistics Canada as a
“compromise in quality and/or quantity of food consumed“.
“Severe” ‘food insecurity’ is defined as “reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns“.
“The data show a disproportionately-higher rate of moderate to severe food insecurity among ‘Indigenous’ people living both on and off reserve, the study said, although people living in rural and remote ‘Indigenous’ communities in the North were at especially high risk, partly because of extremely-high food costs.
{That’s the same for EVERYONE living in rural and remote communities.}
“(In) some of these Indigenous communities, it is to the point where some children don’t have food to eat all day long“,
said Banerji.
{Seriously examining the connection between drug and alcohol addiction and the treatment of children would be a worthwhile endeavour. Pretending otherwise is just ignoring reality…}
“One study of Inuit children in Nunavik, the northernmost region of Quebec, found that children from food-insecure homes were an average of two centimetres shorter than those from food-secure homes.
“It’s incomprehensible that in a country as rich as Canada that we have kids who are stunted and children who are starving“,
she said.
{Check out the parenting…}
“Moderate to severe ‘food insecurity’ can lead to malnutrition, which affects the “physical, intellectual, emotional (and) social development of the child“, said Dr. Veronique Pelletier, a pediatrician at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal and a co-author of the study.
“Malnutrition can be caused not only by a lack of food, but by a lack of high-quality, nutritious food, she said. For example, many ‘Indigenous’ families who live in remote areas can’t get healthy food, including meats, fish, fruits and vegetables, because they are perishable and won’t last long after being transported long distances, the study said.
“Those types of food are also out of reach for many ‘Indigenous’ people because they can’t afford to buy them…
{That’s true for ALL poverty-line Canadians…}
“The long-lasting effects of ‘colonization’ {modernization} are driving factors behind much of the ‘food insecurity’ ‘Indigenous’ people face, the study said, because they disrupted sources of healthy food such as traditional hunting, fishing and gathering.
“…Trauma from residential schools and discrimination has fuelled “underemployment and poverty for some individuals and communities” — which in turn leads to a lack of ability to afford nutritious food.
“Combating ‘food insecurity’ requires ‘Indigenous’-led {But not ‘Indigenous’-funded} solutions that are specific to each community’s needs, said Deyowidron’t Teri Morrow, a dietitian at Six ‘Nations’ of the Grand River in southwestern Ontario.
“Morrow, who was not involved in the study, pointed to food shortages in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown as an example of how her ‘First Nation’ {Indian community} was able to create their own food security.
“We could still go out and hunt and fish“, {!}
she said, adding that they also picked wild leeks and fiddleheads.
“We were shipping them within the community here because people couldn’t get to the grocery store“,
said Morrow, who also chairs the Dietitians of Canada ‘Indigenous’ Nutrition Knowledge Information Network.
“Programs that re-establish traditional foods within ‘Indigenous’ communities are one way of fighting ‘food insecurity’, Banerji said. Other examples of success stories include community greenhouses and community freezers. Banerji and her co-authors are calling for more government support {taxpayer funding} for these types of initiatives, as well as school-based nutrition programs in all ‘Indigenous’ communities to ensure kids get at least one healthy meal a day.
“‘Indigenous’ Peoples must have access to healthy and affordable food and our government is taking the steps necessary to close long-standing socioeconomic gaps“,
said an emailed response from Zeus Eden, press secretary to Minister of ‘Indigenous’ {sic} Services Patty Hajdu, on Thursday.
“We know that affordability is a top concern for all Canadians, especially those in remote, rural and ‘Indigenous’ communities who face a higher cost of living“,
Eden said.
“He pointed to recently-announced funding of $120 million for 24 regional ‘Indigenous’ governments “to further support traditional hunting, harvesting, and food sharing activities“, as well as income assistance of “approximately $300 per month to address urgent financial needs” for more than 100,000 people in ‘First Nations’ communities. {Another $30 million…}
“The federal government is also working on developing a national school food policy “over the next few years” {?}, the statement said.
“We will continue to work with all levels of government and across departments to address food insecurity, reduce poverty, and promote ‘economic reconciliation’ {giving them more money},”
it said.
{While they continue to ignore the drug and alcohol addiction issues in Aboriginal communities…}
–‘Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a ‘public health crisis,’ doctors say’,
Nicole Ireland, Canadian Press, Sept. 29, 2023
See also:
‘Moving is the only hope’:
“The Assembly of ‘First Nations’ regional Chief for Ontario blasted former ‘Liberal’ Prime Minister Jean Chretien for suggesting some northern ‘First Nations’ may have no other hope left except to move away. The former prime minister made the statement after he was asked by reporters about what he would do about the Attawapiskat crisis…”
https://endracebasedlawcanadanews.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/moving-is-the-only-hope/
‘Reserve Residents Suffer Under Segregation’ (Chief and Council Corruption):
“What are your Chief and Council doing to combat drugs, alcohol and gangs on your ‘First Nations’ territory?”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2019/08/22/reserve-residents-suffer-under-segregation/
Speaking of child abuse…
‘Rampant Sexual Abuse in Treaty 3 Territory’ {Aug.24, 2023}:
“Evidence points to an epidemic of sexual abuse across the territory. The police-reported sexual assault crime rate across Treaty 3 in 2021 was 10 times higher than the national average.”
“An APTN investigation has identified dozens of sexual abuse victims across ‘First Nations’ {‘Aboriginal communities’} in ‘Treaty 3 territory’ in what survivors describe as a silent epidemic that has gone unaddressed for generations.”
https://endracebasedlaw.ca/2023/08/24/rampant-sexual-abuse-in-treaty-3-territory/
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Malnutrition of aboriginals is often self- inflicted. I have many first hand experiences of seeing babies getting Big Gulp pop put into their bottles and hungry kids being fed potato chips by their teen-aged (presumably) parents, while outside 2 different 7-11 stores in Duncan, B.C. These parents are too young to credibly blame another systemic issue on residential schools or the white “settler” community. But the Indian Industry sure does!
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