Category Archives: Commentary
Food Security is a Major Issue
Several of us from Family Matters attended a food security forum in Greenwich last week. It was an interesting two days, filled with many perspectives on food. According to the World Health Organization, food security is when all people at … Continue reading
Annapolis County: What’s Next?
Annapolis County residents are asking, “What’s next?” Is there any end to the hits we have to take? How long will it be before we are non-existent? Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is closing in Cornwallis because of lack of federal funding. … Continue reading
Minimum Wage Hike From Food Costing
The following article is from Patty Williams of the Food Costing Project the Valley Poverty Coalition held and event for. The debate of minimum wage rages on. Martell Even with minimum wage going up to $10 an hour this fall, … Continue reading
Poverty Hides Amid Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wealth
This story comes from www.npr.org and struck me as amazing. Many of us don’t think of poverty in the countries where the richest hide their money. Saudi Arabia apparently experiences the same issues we do, but are even better at … Continue reading
For You Viewing Displeasure
No real commentary needed… Maybe video form will help us understand and take the time to do something about it? Martell
Homeless Connect
The following article is taken from www.ctv.ca and shows a community driven effort to give some dignity to the homeless and unemployed people in the city of Edmonton. The people in this article are doing what they can to help … Continue reading
Food Prices to Raise Asian Poverty
The following article was taken from CBC News World report. It’s what we all fear and does a good job of telling us what to expect: World food prices that surged 30 per cent in the first two months of the … Continue reading
JVK’s Thoughts On Poverty
Hi I’m 11 years old and my screen name is JVK. I’m going to talk about what poverty means to me. I think poverty is a big problem in our world and is an issue that people have to talk … Continue reading →