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Bringing local food home

27 Jan 2009

With respect to governments, the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy makes the following recommendations: Food Distribution Systems • The Ontario government should work with the Ontario Food Terminal Board to ensure that the necessary changes are made to facilitate the movement of more local food through the Ontario Food Terminal. [...] It currently runs a daily farmer’s market and works closely with local suppliers, but, at present, much of the food that passes in and out is imported.17 The GTA Agricultural Action Committee has identified the Ontario Food Terminal as a “potential significant contributor to the renewal of our locally grown food system.”18 The Ontario government should make the necessary changes to facilitate the [...] NAFTA addresses government procurement in Chapter 10 of the agreement, which requires that the Parties (Canada, Mexico and the United States) Accord to goods of another Party, to the suppliers of such goods and to service suppliers of another Party, treatment no less favorable than the most favorable treatment that the Party accords to: its own goods and suppliers; and goods and suppliers of anoth [...] The AIT seeks to “ensure equal access to procurement for all Canadian suppliers in order to contribute to a reduction in purchasing costs and the development of a strong economy in a context of transparency and efficiency.”36 Under the agreement, the federal and provincial governments must accord to the goods and services, and the suppliers of goods and services, of MAUREEN CARTER-WHITNEY. [...] In addition to the AIT, Ontario is party to a bilateral agreement with Quebec that seeks to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on the province of origin of goods from the procurement practices of the parties.43 The terms of this agreement might have to be revisited in order facilitate local food procurement at the Ontario government level.
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Authors

Carter-Whitney, Maureen

ISBN
9780978152468
Pages
56
Published in
Canada

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