We've heard lots of government promises to make our food safer since 20 people were killed by tainted Maple Leaf cold cuts this summer. But nothing has changed.
In fact, government decisions have actually undermined the safety of the food we eat. A leading expert says:
"Because of some decisions to deregulate food inspections... it's fair to say that the government is endangering Canadians' lives three times a day: It's called breakfast, lunch and dinner."
Ottawa has given food companies unprecedented power to police their own safety and sanitation practices.
Now is not the time to risk our safety because of inadequate funding and a misplaced trust that food companies will protect the public interest. We need increased funding for food inspection in order to hire more inspectors and improve inspection.
Act Now! Send a letter to Prime Minister Harper and urge him to increase Canada's food safety funding immediately.
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4:53 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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5:52 am PST, Nov 13,Theresia Cronan, California
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4:53 pm PST, Nov 1,Olga Azovsky, New York
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2:30 pm PDT, Oct 25,Tristan Lestat, Alabama
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6:57 pm PDT, Oct 21,Caro Liu, Pennsylvania
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8:38 pm PDT, Oct 20,Leanne Elliott, Canada
A really good food safety tip would be eat more veggies, peas and beans. Try to avoid eating too much meat, that is any meat....
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6:09 pm PDT, Oct 20,KRYSTIAN SHAW, Canada
Use control Atmosphere Killing to Kill Chicken ECT. This Will Improve food Safety. and Mcdonalds needs to make sure that they don't put lots of salt on fries because people can get a heart attack and die. This will Improve Canada food Lots.
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5:26 pm PDT, Oct 19,Name not displayed, Canada
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8:20 am PDT, Oct 18,Justin Meloche, Canada
HELP FIGHT THE CRISIS ON FACEBOOK'S NEW GROUP "WATER FOR PEOPLE NOT PROFIT" http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=164373474192&ref=mf
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11:01 am PDT, Oct 17,Sheri Steels, Canada
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1:04 am PDT, Oct 16,Amanda Germain, Canada
somthing needs to be done to protect canadians and not wory so much about putting millions of money where we dont need it, the money has to go to helping save us from bad food.
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1:41 pm PDT, Oct 14,Dustin Middaugh, Canada
Stop promoting meat as being necessary and healthy, our bodies HATE meat. NO TO THE BILLS BROUGHT FORTH IN THE PAST ON THIS ISSUE. DON"T USE WHAT WE WANT AGAINST US!
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5:49 pm PDT, Oct 13,Catalin Harnagea, Canada
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5:17 pm PDT, Oct 13,Veronika Pankiw, Canada
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8:32 am PDT, Oct 13,Sarah Meyer, Canada
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7:37 am PDT, Oct 13,Julie Kertesz, Canada
I was one of the poor souls who got very ill with listeriosis food poisoning by eating corned beef. I don't wish this on anyone and luckily I survived. Please invest to improve food safety and inspection, this is necessary to unsuspecting consumers who don't deserve to fall victim.
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5:13 am PDT, Oct 13,Cinnamon Carriere, Canada
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7:20 am PDT, Oct 1,Peter Maly, Canada
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5:57 pm PDT, Sep 30,Name not displayed, Canada
Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to ask you to please invest in improvements to food safety and inspection.
After 20 people died over the summer from listeriosis food poisoning I'm worried that the food on my family's table could make us sick, or worse.
It's been months since this tragedy occurred and there are been dozens of products recalled from the marketplace in the last several months, but little has been done to improve consumer protection.
Please invest to improve food safety and inspection as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Kim Nguyen with children.
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5:47 pm PDT, Sep 30,Annie Ryan, Canada
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4:28 pm PDT, Sep 30,Isabelle Goguen, Canada
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4:27 pm PDT, Sep 30,Magda Maccormack, Canada
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3:11 pm PDT, Sep 30,Geraldine Rondeau, Canada
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7:48 am PDT, Sep 30,Diane Depatie, Canada
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7:46 am PDT, Sep 30,Name not displayed, Canada
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7:34 am PDT, Sep 30,Name not displayed, Canada
Prime Minister Harper
I am writing to ask you to please invest in improvements to food safety and inspection.
After 20 people died over the summer from listeriosis food poisoning I'm worried that the food on my family's table could make us sick, or worse.
It's been months since this tragedy occurred and there are been dozens of products recalled from the marketplace in the last several months, but little has been done to improve consumer protection.
Please invest to improve food safety and inspection as soon as possible.
We can do better than this!!!!!
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7:11 am PDT, Sep 30,Boucher Lynne, Canada
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7:08 am PDT, Sep 30,Jeannie D., Canada
our foods need to be kept safe for all concerned.
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12:14 am PDT, Sep 30,Eva Sklenar, Canada
It is disgusting and unbelievable for country as Canada to have such low
level of elementary service.
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8:12 pm PDT, Sep 29,Sarah Young, Canada
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8:34 am PDT, Sep 29,Denise Leduc, Canada
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8:06 am PDT, Sep 29,Beth Stephens, Canada
For your children and ours, and generations to come, they depend on quality, and it would reduce health issues, death, and lawsuits. Canada will have a good reputation, thanks to the steps you enforce, and your name will be heard around dinner tables for generations to come.
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5:13 pm PDT, Sep 28,Marc Valade, Canada
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3:55 pm PDT, Sep 28,Phil Maillard, Canada
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2:13 pm PDT, Sep 28,Elizabeth Mitchell, Canada
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10:16 am PDT, Sep 28,Joanna Ahti, Canada
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8:18 am PDT, Sep 28,Denise Chamberlain, Canada
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7:04 am PDT, Sep 28,Laura Anderson, Canada
we need to feel secure in our choices as consumers
