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英文文章:
THE ISSUES: “What’s wrong with the world? That’s not a rhetorical question. It’s time for a much-needed conversation,” reads a sign in Victoria Square. A nationwide dialogue has begun. Here are some voices from Occupy Montreal:
The environment
Why are we putting ‘profits before people’ – and the planet?
Laura Boyd-Clowes, 22
Laura Boyd-Clowes is trying to remember who first said it – something about how civilization can only survive a week without food. At the Occupy Montreal event, donated food is piling up, from cans of dried goods to mountains of oranges.
But Boyd-Clowes, a philosophy student from Calgary, is worried about the health of our food supply and the land it is grown on.
“My whole generation was raised with the feeling that the apocalypse was imminent. We were taught about recycling and turning off the tap water, the idea that us city people could contribute, but I was afraid of this unknown evil. … Now I am shocked by how much I didn’t know, and how much was kept secret – what happens to the water that gets flushed down the drain, what happens to the bag of garbage you put out on the curb, and where your food comes from.”
Boyd-Clowes, who now spends her summers growing heirloom tomatoes on an organic farm in the Eastern Townships, thinks the giant, factory farms that have taken over the Canadian landscape are just another example of how the state, through its “assistance” to commercial farms and companies like Monsanto, is colluding with corporations to put “profits before the people” – and before animal welfare and the environment.
Occupy Montreal, is a way to express those views, but also to imagine a different world, says Boyd-Clowes.
“We’ve learned to expect very little from the future. But here you see something that needs to be done and you do it. You stand up, you announce it, and you make it happen.”
Footnote: In 1981, 55,765 farms in Canada raised around 9.9 million pigs.
In 2006, there were 11,497 farms – 25.7 per cent fewer farms – raising over 15 million pigs. In 2009, 10,325 of them were raised organically. The number of farms, with gross farm receipts of $250,000 or more have increased 13.8 per cent since 2001, while those with less than $250,000 in receipts declined by 10.5 per cent.
The value of government program payments to agricultural producers almost doubled from 2000 to 2005, from $2.6 billion to $4.8 billion, partly a reflection of the impact of BSE, or mad cow disease, on the agricultural industry.