Food and politics
You can start the new year off in an activating sort of way by exercising some civic muscle on the new federal budget. We, my fellow Canadians, have been invited to offer some guidance to our country's budgeteers, and share our views and priorities to help Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty pull together the federal budget for 2009. So, if you want food and culture on the table, you'd best let him know.
The budget will be delivered January 27, and you have until January 9 to send him your ideas: www.fin.gc.ca/scripts/prebudget-prebudgetaire/1-eng.asp
For ideas on culture, check out the brief submitted by the Writers Union of Canada.
On Tuesday, January 13 at 7 pm, if you are anywhere near the Mary Winspear Centre (Charlie White Theatre) in Sidney you have another chance to catch Island on the Edge, a locally produced film about farmland & food security for Vancouver Island. It's an event to meet others and hear the latest news on The Farmlands Trust's bid to acquire historic Woodwynn Farm. They have a couple of other events coming up as well, in February and March, as they continue to try to raise funds to purchase the farm.
The budget will be delivered January 27, and you have until January 9 to send him your ideas: www.fin.gc.ca/scripts/prebudget-prebudgetaire/1-eng.asp
For ideas on culture, check out the brief submitted by the Writers Union of Canada.
On Tuesday, January 13 at 7 pm, if you are anywhere near the Mary Winspear Centre (Charlie White Theatre) in Sidney you have another chance to catch Island on the Edge, a locally produced film about farmland & food security for Vancouver Island. It's an event to meet others and hear the latest news on The Farmlands Trust's bid to acquire historic Woodwynn Farm. They have a couple of other events coming up as well, in February and March, as they continue to try to raise funds to purchase the farm.
posted by Rhona McAdam at 10:19 a.m.
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