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Council strikes ‘everyone has the right to food’ from food charter Jennifer Westendorp jwestendorp@perfprint.ca
North Grenville council voted in favour of striking the sentence ‘everyone has the right to food,’ from the Food Charter for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Lanark County on July 20. “This is a matter we have been involved in for a number of years,” said Director of Planning and Development Forbes Symon. “Local food is important for communities, economic development and local health.” He explained the Food Charter is a visionary document.
“(It’s) inspirational in nature,” said Symon. He said the charter was published in 2014 and is now making the rounds to municipalities for endorsement. “This document is not intended to tie hands moving forward,” said Symon. “This is merely an indication of support for the document.” He said when the charter was brought before the North Grenville Economic Development Committee, two concerns with the document were brought forth. “The first concern was with
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the first line in the document, ‘everyone has the right to food,’” said Symon. “If everyone has the right to food, it becomes public responsibility to ensure everyone has food.” The second concern pertained to the title, which read ‘Food Charter of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.’ The committee, according to Symon, thought the title of the charter should read ‘Food Charter for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.’ “We need to seek clarification on those two points,” said Symon. He had discussions with key players of the document, who were both clear the document is not binding. “Municipalities will not be responsible for providing access to food,” said Symon. “It’s a visionary document, more like a guideline.” He said there should be very careful consideration of the language in the document. Jennifer Westendorp/METROLAND “This document is geographic, not corporate,” said Symon. He said the charter is an important document for a number Canadian rock music legend Tom Cochrane put on a great show at the Kemptville Live of reasons. Music Festival on July 24. To see videos of his performance, visit the Kemptville Advance
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