Indigenous children facing food security "crisis" in Canada's north

Record-high inflation in Canada has sent food prices soaring across the country, in some parts more so than others.
While one in five families reported experiencing food insecurity in Canada during 2022, Indigenous families were twice as likely to report not being able to afford food, according to Statistics Canada.
Jeff Semple looks at how surging food prices are disproportionally affecting Indigenous children in Canada's north.
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[@shauncameron8390]

The North is expensive due to shipping costs.

[@Mike-or3ry]

And lack of volume. Alex Epstein 's "FOSSIL FUTURE" on sale now.The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. HUMAN FLOURISHING

[@user-oz2yb4hr6u]

small communities, flown in food and materials, they need to start thinking of getting funding to help build green houses, and meat venues.

[@Esther-32013]

This is horribly sad.

[@flailmail7069]

Its sad because theyre able to take care of themselves just like you or I do.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@flailmail7069 But endless welfare made them comfortable in being at the government's mercy for their daily survival.

[@winstonsmith935]

Life is tough in the Arctic, everything has to be shipped up.

[@JEdwarrd]

@@winstonsmith4108 The traditional life that our ancestors killed them for. Right? It's like ppl think this all happened in a vacuum. Complete historical ignorance.

[@flailmail7069]

​​​@@JEdwarrdwe had treaties with them, they get money every year. Hate to be that guy but what happened 150 years ago shouldnt stop them from learning how to build their own infrastructure to take care of themselves. Pretty sure its BECAUSE we have treaties with them and give them handouts that they are not progressing as a society and are unable to take care of themselves; they have land, they have resources, they have yearly free huge checks from the goverment, they have treaty deals and subsidies... every advantage on paper over a non indigenous individual. Yet id implore you to go check your local university (hell even college) and look around. Let me know how many indigenous students you see (they get most universities for free or serverly discounted btw). Theyre not interested in becoming engineers, yet theyd like the benfits on engineering. They like being treated by doctors, yet ive never met a single native one working in canada? (Seriously, im not young either, and ive been to MANY reserves). You can find multiple articles and studies online about how universities in canada are lacking indigenous students and are trying to get more in. You really gotta ask yourself why this is, and also if handouts are really going to make the situation better, or form reliance.

[@antoniaschiffer4958]

The inuit historically lived on meat, protein and fat. They were totally healthy until they adopted the SAD diet.

[@bobwoods1302]

It's not that the food was healthy just that they traditionally had to hunt and work hard to catch food as opposed to getting in the minivan and driving down to the corner store like us

[@Kaledonius]

Historically, there were fewer Inuit. If the entire population reverted to the old ways, they would wipe out all their sources of meat. Today, they use quotas and tags to preserve the size of the wild herds. There simply aren't enough animals to feed them all.

[@antoniaschiffer4958]

@bobwoods1302 actually the carnivore diet is extremely healthy. It can put auto immune issues into remission, help people with type two diabetes get off insulin, etc.

[@Ang36914]

@@bobwoods1302 Yeah because the processed and GMO foods at the store are SO much healthier...lol.

[@antoniaschiffer4958]

@Rocksteady246 no. We eat carnivore. Losing weight and getting into shape. Feeling great, no more joint pain, brain fog, achy feet, etc.

[@john_doe_not_found]

Inuit used to hunt and feed themselves. There are no roads or rail to those communities. Everything is flown in on small planes, super expensive to do, long trips, small cargo space, lots of fuel burned. This is more an issue of traditions being abandoned, like the tradition of hunting and fishing. If someone is not taught that skill, or does not practice it, and lives that far north... $11 for a can of soup, good luck affording to live. And the solution, to actually get cheaper food up there? Build roads and rail and shipping lanes cleared by ice breakers. But that won't get done because: 1. The native groups will protest construction on their land. 2. The cost is massive, billions of dollars to bring services to very tiny and economically insignificant communities. The logic behind building a multi-billion dollar road from Sudbury (or where ever) up to X random community of 100 - 1000 people is not viable.

[@nixcya3180]

I'm sure they can make a freaking road in 2023 , that should be no excuse that nobody's paying attention to these people, there is no road? Make the damn road

[@john_doe_not_found]

@@nixcya3180 It isn't "a road". It is thousands of KM of road to hundreds of tiny communities. Much of that road, built on Inuit land. So Canadian tax payers would fund the road.. then Inuit council would own the road? But then they could not afford to maintain it, so it would be thousands of KM of snow and ice covered road. Also, tundra is not easy to build over. It thaws in the summer becoming a mucky mess, and refreezes in the winter. The roads would crack and sink and require a great deal of maintenance. Again, paid for by whom? Or, maybe teaching kids how to hunt is not so bad? Don't let traditions die.

[@Kaledonius]

The Inuit population is much larger than it was when they were able to sustain themselves off of the land. They know this, the Nunavut government uses quota and tags for hunting now. If all Inuit returned to the old ways, they would decimate the Northern herds, and their ecosystem for generations.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@john_doe_not_found Plus, the capital is situated on Baffin Island where land and rail travel is out of the question.

[@SophieSomeone]

Agreed! I think it's the saddest part is that there is no easy answer. Can you blame the grocery markets to rise prices after the amount of money they paid for the transportation? Not exactly. I really feel bad for the communities though.

[@undercoverjihadi9252]

Reminder that the government put $6bn into helping indigenous communities. And all that went in the air i guess

[@Kaledonius]

There doesn't need to be a Federally implemented plan. Nunavut has the option to negotiate with companies interested in their resources. Give them money, and they would lose incentive to do so. As a prime example, there is a new port planned in Steensby, an Inlet in the Southern part of Baffin Island. It will meet up with a rail line being built that will cross half the island. The rail line will in turn meet up with an already existing road that connects to an established port on the Northern side, at Milne Inlet. The rail line is expected to have over 32 bridges, two tunnels through mountains, and will cost at least 7 billion. At the heart of this, the ones responsible for building and maintaining the existing road and port, is an operating mine. The Canadian tax-payer is contributing some money, like the added Northern Living Allowance bonus to the locals paychecks, and there's probably some grant money involved. However it's nothing compared to the funds being pumped in by private interests. Nunavut currently only allows said mine to ship six million tonnes of ore per year. The mine would like to ship more. There is room for negotiation, container shipping along the tracks North, in exchange for more ore being allowed to move South, for example. The prosperity of developing their resources and creating jobs for their population could make Nunavut one of the wealthiest territories or provinces, per capita, in our Nation. The jobs themselves give both purpose and pride to the Inuit employees. Calling on Federal involvement is more likely to create problems. Allowing local government to find solutions with the help of the private sector is far more likely to work. Bonus points for costing the tax-payer next to nothing.

[@Plug604]

Alot Canadians are hungry. Truck Frudeau!

[@jewelv]

The worst part is that a lot of this food will end up in the trash! Food stays on the shelves until it rots! Trash cans are better fed than humans 🙄

[@azad_arzu]

Such a great government you have in Canada.

[@JEdwarrd]

@Rocksteady246 So u have no prob with your fellow Canadian's being charged $16 for a bag of oranges, $10 for a processed can of garbage soup? If u think inflation is solely on Trudeau, u should really take a look at other western countries. The UK is run by Tories, and the UK is becoming a failing state in many metrics. Why?

[@user-oz2yb4hr6u]

aren't they lovely? thank God we got a confidence vote on the table soon. NDP and Quebec will block it though.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@JEdwarrd That's just a small price to pay to live in Nunavut. Transport and shipping costs along with being remote and sparsely populated are the reason goods are expensive there.

[@JEdwarrd]

@@shauncameron8390 Technology paired with engineering could solve many of the common problems keeping prices sky high in Nunavut, we just lack the political will unless it's giving taxpayer $ to oil companies.

[@user-oz2yb4hr6u]

Time to start massive Cow, Chicken, Pigs, fish farms up north. Time to start green houses and grow your own. Do not worry about methane gases people have to eat first.

[@hulkcordelle]

i wish them good help

[@speciallevo3170]

Don’t mention the income tax rate in the North is the lowest in Canada.

[@Kaledonius]

Also best to avoid mentioning the Canadian tax-payer funded Northern Living Allowance.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Kaledonius And even Vancouver has nothing on Iqaluit when it comes to high rent.

[@whitekuk4679]

She is not even NA Indian. Why make it racial. Why not just complain about the high prices. I imagine location plays a role in the prices.

[@wednesdayPrepper]

we need more “eyeballs” on this

[@ianmangham4570]

We're hungry in Northern England 🇬🇧 😮

[@dasalekhya]

😧

[@ianmangham4570]

@@dasalekhya Send me some biscuits please 😋 Digestives 🙏🇬🇧🤠

[@ScreamingReelsTV]

Food prices in the north have sky rocketed? Really. It's almost as if they need to burn a lot of carbon taxed fuel to get products there? Then they need to burn more carbon taxed fuel to burn in generators to keep food fresh? I wonder what makes it so expensive?

[@flailmail7069]

Theyre too lazy to go hunt and get their own food? If its that much of an issue maybe they should take the billions in govt checks they get yearly and invest them into plausable solutions instead of asking us for more.

[@xiuhtezcatl8161]

Are they have underground heatwells ? That can give heat for greenhouses. On long term its much cheaper and safer to do that.. its solve most of their vitamine and food problems

[@shauncameron8390]

Nothing can be built underground due to permafrost and rocks.

[@Kaledonius]

They have perma frost, the polar opposite of heat wells.

[@davidfoltz8922]

I know that in some Northern Manitoba communities they have started investing in greenhouses and teaching others to grow their own food. I wonder if other communities are considering this?

[@VictorHayley-sf3wf]

Too many chiefs in the kitchen again eh.

[@JogBird]

why dont they have green houses, etc. leds lights are cheap

[@JEdwarrd]

Yes, we need to start advocating for this in every province, it's ridiculous how we have outsourced EVERYTHING!

[@shauncameron8390]

Transport costs.

[@JEdwarrd]

@@1ab830 So what is your solution big boy?

[@Kaledonius]

Perma frost means no stable foundations can be built. Growing mediums are heavy. Heavy things need solid foundations to rest on. Also, it's bloody cold up there, plants need a degree of warmth.

[@rickvervoort9536]

Solar powered?

[@forresttrees1701]

If you don’t pay taxes and live in a remote community, what do you expect? Their housing and food is already paid for by the $100 billion we spend on First Nations every year. If I live remotely, will someone ensure I pay the same for groceries as everyone else?

[@JEdwarrd]

How were their communities treated by Colonial Settlers? Killing their food strictly for animal hides, leaving them to take what was left. If u demoralize a population FOR GENERATIONS, don't be surprised when they need assistance.The same could be said abt your family.

[@JEdwarrd]

@@marktwain168 Great rebuttal. Offer no facts, but just scream :YOUR WRONG. lol

[@TheRealCartman1]

@@JEdwarrd so my British ancestors are responsible for the current plight of these communities - okay, got it. Now are the Roman empire and later Vikings responsible for any issues in Britain today? Name and group and I'd bet we can find where they where the colonizer and the victim at some point.

[@yahooizzle]

@@JEdwarrd did you know the inuit are also genocidal colonial settlers?

[@flailmail7069]

​@@JEdwarrdand what have they done since then? Sit back and collect goverment tax dollars. What have they done with that money? Have they used it to better themselves or their communities? Have they developed infrastructure? OR Have they formed a dependance? Not taken care of themselves? Become reliant on goverment money? Pretty important questions to ask.

[@davidfoltz8922]

I know that in some Northern Manitoba communities they have started investing in greenhouses and teaching others to grow their own food. I wonder if other communities are considering this?

[@tammykrzyski6250]

Just F.N. children or are other races of children suffering too? I know you don’t care about the rest of children but I do.

[@turnleftrighthere2605]

😢

[@MrUranium238]

your too emotional

[@Wy4tt2017fans]

Is this only in Nunavut?

[@shauncameron8390]

The Territories and the most Northern parts of provinces in general.

[@PropagandaBurner2]

The actual indigenous population in North America, was wiped out by these Mongolian settlers. 😂

[@davidfoltz8922]

Don't tell them that! LOL!

[@rosettaridge6446]

This is completely unacceptable

[@ediddysmith2500]

This is shameful starving people in Canada!

[@drbluechipx]

So, is the carbon tax working or not?

[@flailmail7069]

This is our problem how? Dont they have resources available up north? (They do) Do they not get money yearly for being indigenous? (They do) Do the bands not get treaty money? (They do) Do they get goverment subsidies? (They do) Do they have millions of dollars of natural resources at their disposal that they could use to further their own development? (They do but they dont) Are they ellidgeable for welfare checks or subsidies? (They are) Do they not plan ahead, and build and maintain their infrastrcuture (in some cases that we paid for) in order to meet their basic needs? (They dont). Sorry but let me know when you work 40 hours a week and survive off of 1 meal a day, in a city where you arent allowed to hunt for your food freely, have to pay a fair share of taxes. Until then good luck.

[@SophieSomeone]

I feel you, living in the city with INSANE taxes in Canada, inflation. in the city, can't hunt nor grow food, why are we responsible for things like that? At the same time, I really feel bad for them, they didn't do anything wrong and def don't deserve 12 dollar cans of soup. The cost of transportation to the markets are high, so you can't exactly blame them either. It's a sad situation for everyone

[@hithere8753]

2 cm shorter? What?

[@belindasmith8735]

Not trying to be mean but most of them are overweight..sure doesn't look like their not eating..also i thought they use to live off the land

[@Kvn-yh9zz]

Рыночек порешал.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Meby start a deer farm would be really good up thier,any kind of farm I heard thiers 24 hours of light in the nwt.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

@@1ab830 Grass is probably growing up thier.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

@@1ab830 I'm 33 years old too old for school ill read the bible for you.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

@@1ab830 sombody told me they didn't like me being conservative.

[@Kaledonius]

There's 3 months of 24 hour sunlight, 3 months where it grows darker, 3 months of complete darkness, and 3 months where it gets lighter. Their growing season, in Baffin Island, is roughly a month. The rest of the time, it's below freezing. You would have to ship in feed 11 and 3/4 months of the year.

[@Kaledonius]

@@1ab830 Couldn't say for sure, as I was only up there for six months, including the full summer. However, from my one summer's experience, roughly half are cloudy or have white out conditions from blowing/falling snow.

[@THEOneAndOnlyDOCTORofHUMANICS]

Is there a type-o in your title?!? Professor-Marty.

[@cavink5342]

Who cares? That's quebec government who should be blamed

[@shauncameron8390]

Quebec is not responsible for Nunavut's problems.

[@NoGattsuNoGlory]

Carbon tax didnt help

[@jshuyaclips1616]

We have walking eagle to thank for this crisis in Canada

[@korky7674]

It must be ge no cide or racism.

[@Theauthenticmindset]

Keep voting socialist NDP and liberal folks

[@davidfoltz8922]

Vote CONservative and EVERYTHING gets worse!

[@marlene8344]

Exactly what the Govt wants

[@gintantovski2517]

dont worry canadian just send more money to Ukraine n israhell,,,

[@sandie157]

Can't we just call it what it is.... Hunger and starvation...not food insecurity...

[@xiuhtezcatl8161]

I want native Canadian or asian or Israeli Canadian wife here in ontario

[@Arif_PAK]

Yet Pierre says we have abundant land in Canada to build houses. There is a reason why many Canadians live in the south and those, who can afford, like to spend their vacations down south.

[@Arif_PAK]

@@1ab830 we opt for the path of least hardships and hurdles.

[@2gointruth]

“The disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ He called a child, set him in front of them, and said, ‘I tell you this: unless you turn round and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. Let a man humble himself till he is like this child, and he will be the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me. But if a man is a cause of stumbling to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. Alas for the world that such causes of stumbling arise! Come they must, but woe betide the man through whom they come!’” - (at Matthew 18: 1-7) -

[@frankgreenfield7206]

We need to take care of our Canadians

[@daniellefielding924]

Get out the begging sack, the one with the fancy beads.

[@adrianlowe20]

Lol canada rich