Ripe for debate
- September 24, 2008 1:56 PM |
- By Tara Kimura
by Tara Kimura, CBCNews.ca
In a joint investigation, the CBC and the Toronto Star today published a report suggesting the Canadian Food Inspection Agency knew three years ago of serious problems in its inspection process.
The 2005 internal report detailed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's deficiencies, including problems with follow-ups and delays. The report spurred vigorous political debate with Prime Minister Stephen Harper defending his government's actions, amid calls for a full government inquiry.
In the comments section of our news stories, many people weighed in on the issue laying blame where they saw fit. But one commenter, writing under the name Mind Guerrilla, took a different direction and wrote about rising food costs in Canada, urging people "Not to worry. Soon we won't be able to afford food."
The food safety debate has certainly become a point of discussion during the election, but are there other food-related issues you think the candidates still need to debate?
For example, have the parties adequately addressed issues such as swelling food prices, support for farmers or crop conversion to support ethanol? What other issues are on your mind?
About the Authors
- Elizabeth Bridge is a producer with CBC's Digital Archives project. She got her start in the kitchen baking brownies and making fudge but is still trying to get pastry right.
- Andrea Chiu
is an associate producer at CBC Radio Digital. Though she loves to eat, cook and discuss food,
don't ask her to bake. It never turns out well. She tweets as @TOfoodie on Twitter and organizes food and wine events in Toronto called FoodieMeet.
- Amber Hildebrandt
works for CBCNews.ca in Toronto. Growing up on a farm in Manitoba, she acquired an insatiable appetite, but it was during a stint in Japan that she developed her discerning tastebuds and foodie ways.
- Tara Kimura
is a multimedia producer for CBCNews.ca.
- Andree Lau
is a CBC web reporter in Calgary. Her journalism career includes seven years as a CBC-TV reporter. Her own blog called "are you gonna eat that?" chronicles her eating adventures (including sampling snake and camel hoof tendon).
- Jessica Wong
is a CBCNews.ca writer who loves to eat and cook, as well as discuss, read and watch programming about food, sometimes all at once.
- Kevin Yarr
, CBCNews.ca's writer in Prince Edward Island, wrote about food and beer for national and regional magazines before joining the CBC. He acquired a desire for new tastes on his first trip to Europe, and an appreciation of eating locally and in season when he finally settled down on P.E.I.
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