Nutrition North Canada, which will benefit people living in eligible communities in the Yukon , the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Ontario , Quebec , and Newfoundland and Labrador , will be implemented in phases.
Here is the current debate on the new changes and original article...
Grocery bills spike after Ottawa scraps food mail subsidies to North
However high you think your grocery bills are, they’re bound to be worse in Arctic Bay – a standard jug of cranberry cocktail sells there for $38.99, eight times more than it would in Southern Canada.
The remote Nunavut hamlet has seen food prices spike in recent months after the federal government’s scrapping of its old Food Mail program that subsidized shipments of most foods and some hygiene products to remote northern communities.
Those prices make me gasp -- I lived in HI for several years, and the prices were dependent upon (boat) shipping, then airplane cargo shipping prices -- we thought those were bad, but they were nowhere near what you describe here. It's good that the northern Natives still hunt and fish for their meat/fish, but yikes!!!
@slmret - Agreed on comments on prices. Take some time and explore the links if interested.Obviously a number of factors involved including location and shipping costs. Essentially what is being objected to in the new program the switch from Food mail to Nutrition North is that it will be up to the retail stores and in most hamlets just two, COOP and Northern, to pass on the subsidized rates. As we know most retailers are in it for profit. There is also the objection on some of the choices as non-essential foods that will be deleted. The two communites mentionedOld Crow, Yukon and Arctic Bay. Nunavut are some of the more remoter ones in the Canadian Arctic. As to the continuance of reliance on "country food " by the Inuit or First Nations peoples, yes for most families a good source but not always available.Thanks for stopping by.
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Changes to the List of Products Eligible for Shipment Under the Food Mail Program Effective October.Nutrition North Canada, which will benefit people living in eligible communities in the Yukon , the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Ontario , Quebec , and Newfoundland and Labrador , will be implemented in phases.
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Those prices make me gasp -- I lived in HI for several years, and the prices were dependent upon (boat) shipping, then airplane cargo shipping prices -- we thought those were bad, but they were nowhere near what you describe here. It's good that the northern Natives still hunt and fish for their meat/fish, but yikes!!!
@slmret - Agreed on comments on prices. Take some time and explore the links if interested.Obviously a number of factors involved including location and shipping costs. Essentially what is being objected to in the new program the switch from Food mail to Nutrition North is that it will be up to the retail stores and in most hamlets just two, COOP and Northern, to pass on the subsidized rates. As we know most retailers are in it for profit. There is also the objection on some of the choices as non-essential foods that will be deleted. The two communites mentionedOld Crow, Yukon and Arctic Bay. Nunavut are some of the more remoter ones in the Canadian Arctic. As to the continuance of reliance on "country food " by the Inuit or First Nations peoples, yes for most families a good source but not always available.Thanks for stopping by.
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