The NDP Convention in Montreal considered the following:
6-05-13 Resolution on Northern Food Security
Submitted by the Aboriginal Peoples Commission
WHEREAS northern communities are facing increasingly higher food prices
WHEREAS Canada is the only developed country to have received a visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the New Democratic Party is calling for immediate action to ensure the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur are implemented as quickly as possible, including the adoption of a Canada-wide food strategy
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the New Democratic Party will continue consultations with northern communities to ensure this strategy responds to their specific needs so that northern communities finally have access to quality and nutritious foods at a reasonable price
NDP MP Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic) spoke in favour of this motion.
Motion passed.