OK, so Trudeau and the Liberals have had some scandals... oh, but look at the opposition! Why does America, my eternal enemy, get to have all the publicity for terrible politics?
Let's get dangerous!
But wait a moment, what does it mean to "actually reflect what we know" about nutrition, what is the plan, and why is he talking about this again?
Why bring this up?
Yes, dairy farmers (among several food industry groups) tried to pressure the sitting government into pushing their wares into the new food guide so they would be able to profit. It had nothing whatsoever to do with any sort of nutrition science.
So now the leader of the Conservative party wants to... suck up to all the industry groups! As per usual. Of course, "what they know" is more important than what real scientists know about nutrition. But, hey, point to the other side and claim that they were out to destroy industries on purpose for no reason at all. That many of these farmers are sitting in the prairie provinces, where the Cons traditionally do the best, shows exactly which party is "ideology driven".
So, what does he actually know about the subject of nutrition?
Wait... that's the planks of his platform!? He knew fuck all about what sort of vitamins were in his kid's food, he figured that chocolate milk must be wonderful for vitamin thingies, his kid lived, so now the entire science of nutrition for every family in the country should be based off his half-assed parenting!? The fuck!? How did this muppet even get voted in as a party leader!? How does his party maintain a third of the voting intentions in this country!?
The plan. Sorry... the """plan""".
Going for all the climate change denying going on in Canadian politics would be low-hanging fruit. It is abhorrent, but it is clearly nothing more than the Conservatives being pawns for the oil and gas industry like they have been since the beginning of time. This is pouring rocket fuel over the Harper-era muzzling of scientists and fabrication of facts to support their greed for power and money, no matter how large or small the issue.
Everyone please pray for more Liberal scandals. Canada might not survive this moron, especially if he makes us all drink chocolate milk to stay healthy.
Let's get dangerous!
Seems legit, right? Follow the science!"The process was flawed," Scheer said of the new guide. "Complete lack of consultation. Seems to be ideologically driven by people who have a philosophical perspective and a bias against certain types of healthy food products.
"So absolutely we want to get that right."
Scheer added his party wants the guide to "actually reflect what we know, what the science tells us."
But wait a moment, what does it mean to "actually reflect what we know" about nutrition, what is the plan, and why is he talking about this again?
Why bring this up?
If that raises a red flag for you, good job!Scheer made the comment at the Dairy Farmers of Canada's annual general meeting in Saskatoon on Wednesday, after being asked by a young farmer about the Conservatives' food policies.
Yes, dairy farmers (among several food industry groups) tried to pressure the sitting government into pushing their wares into the new food guide so they would be able to profit. It had nothing whatsoever to do with any sort of nutrition science.
So now the leader of the Conservative party wants to... suck up to all the industry groups! As per usual. Of course, "what they know" is more important than what real scientists know about nutrition. But, hey, point to the other side and claim that they were out to destroy industries on purpose for no reason at all. That many of these farmers are sitting in the prairie provinces, where the Cons traditionally do the best, shows exactly which party is "ideology driven".
So, what does he actually know about the subject of nutrition?
Science!!!"I truly do believe that chocolate milk saved my son's life,"
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"He was eating toast, would eat bacon, he would eat very plain grilled meats and we couldn't get him to eat much else. And so [we] were really worried about it. Where was he gonna get his calcium and other vitamins? And he loved chocolate milk and he would drink chocolate milk by the tumbler-full," Scheer said.
Wait... that's the planks of his platform!? He knew fuck all about what sort of vitamins were in his kid's food, he figured that chocolate milk must be wonderful for vitamin thingies, his kid lived, so now the entire science of nutrition for every family in the country should be based off his half-assed parenting!? The fuck!? How did this muppet even get voted in as a party leader!? How does his party maintain a third of the voting intentions in this country!?
The plan. Sorry... the """plan""".
To be clear, he would just rip up all the science and go with his gut. He thinks that a food guide is actually telling people what they can and cannot buy. He wants people to not have critical information about how healthy the food they are buying actually is.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising another review of Canada's recently updated Food Guide should the Tories come to power this fall
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"I can make all those decisions myself," Scheer said of the currently proposed labels, which Ottawa already has confirmed would not apply to milk.
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Scheer also vowed that a Conservative-led government would abandon the Liberals' plan for front-of-package nutrition labelling.
Going for all the climate change denying going on in Canadian politics would be low-hanging fruit. It is abhorrent, but it is clearly nothing more than the Conservatives being pawns for the oil and gas industry like they have been since the beginning of time. This is pouring rocket fuel over the Harper-era muzzling of scientists and fabrication of facts to support their greed for power and money, no matter how large or small the issue.
Everyone please pray for more Liberal scandals. Canada might not survive this moron, especially if he makes us all drink chocolate milk to stay healthy.