No More Quebec Bashing: Evolution
via Chamie Andorette, le Refuge Galahad :
A voir ce soir à TVA, la face cachée de la viande ! Le but du documentaire n’est pas de faire la morale aux Québécois en disant qu’ils consomment trop de viande, par exemple, a expliqué Sophie Durocher. L’objectif est de présenter la réali
té telle qu’elle est et de montrer comment ça se passe au Québec, comment les animaux sont élevés et abattus, illustrer l’impact sur l’environnement, et donner la parole à des médecins qui ont consulté de nombreuses études et à des gens qui ont fait le choix d’être végétariens et qui s’en portent très bien. »
Is Horse Slaughter Now a Cottage Industry? Revised
On my earlier posts about the repealing of Section 33 of the Meat Inspection Act of 1990, Alert! Horse Apartheid, and Are you Eating Beef Laced with Horsemeat, there was a revealing comment shared by Theresa Anne Nolet, a horse advocate. This is what she wrote:
Good day Cynthia just received an email response from Dr.Brian Evans of CFIA in response to an email I had sent him.
Read MoreTo Eat or Not to Eat… your Horse?
If you read my last blog about the CFIA asking to consult the Canadian public on traceability requirements for food animals (which includes horses), you also read Roxanne’s comment. Roxanne sums up everything so well that this blog post is devoted to her comment alone. Please click the link and read the CFIA’s original notice so you can fully appreciate her excellent points.
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CFIA Livestock Tracking Proposal
Maybe I’m naive but I like it when government agencies seek out the opinions of Canadians on pending or potential legislation. It makes me feel like, well, like a citizen…a citizen in good standing who has an obligation to participate in the making of law, not just someone, who, by accident of birth, happened to be born on Canadian soil.
Read MoreCurves: Another Bankruptcy
No one was a more staunch supporter of Curves, the women’s gym franchise, than I was. Almost exactly a year ago, I had an exchange of comments (see Curves blog category) with someone named fitdude, and you could almost see my enthusiasm on the page. At the time, the Curves founder, Gary Heavin, was in the news, and many franchises in the US had either been closed or had gone bankrupt.
When bankruptcy finally felled my own Curves,
Read MoreUn seul résultat réel
Bobinette : Un débat à deux sens, deux mesures, deux mentalités, mais un seul résultat réel: les chevaux souffrent plus de la fermeture des abattoirs, car ceux qui y ont recours (pour diverses raisons) n’auront pas d’autres options.
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