POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sustainability, Time Management, Ontario Liberal Party
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Was minister of municipal affairs and aboriginal affairs. Won leadership with 57% votes (third round) Will become premier when mcguinty formally resigns. Enviro platform: phase out coal (on schedule by 2014, support clean energy, transit investments, support energy and water efficiency retrofits, diversify energy resources through renewables, re-introduce the local food act. Introduced oct. 10, 2012: died on table when mcguinty prorogued. Local: foster successful and resilient local food economies and systems through ontario, increase awareness of diversity of local food in ontario, encourage the development of new markets for local food. A pitch for eating less meat; environmental impact. What we eat (meat) is not good for us and not good for the environment. Why do we eat it: culture, cost, government has created a system to support meat eating. Direct result of what they eat and how they eat it. Food production is about public health and the environment: soil health, climate, co2 emissions etc.
