The world is heading into a new era. Hunger, increased urbanization, global pollution, natural disasters, decline of arable land. Meanwhile, the population can only be an estimate of 6,602,224,175 human beings. The UN World Food Program estimates food price raises will directly affect the increasing of the poor up to 20%. This could push 100 million people into poverty.
Many questions are becoming a major concern on how we feed the world. The severe food scare of 2008 is a symptom of a broader crisis. Daily food riots in developing countries and shortages in countries that never had such problems are becoming more common. This global hit, reached Canada with the lack of gasoline. Is this a sign for major chaos?
Migrant workers are seeking a new life here in Brandon often to find themselves in a new form of post nine eleven sanctioned slavery. On a local level, our city has grown economically. As part of the very first pilot program group in January 2002, witnessing the fast emotional decline of hundreds of Mexicans, Salvadorians, Hondurans, Colombians, Chinese, Ukrainians, Nigerians, Ethiopians, Ugandans; counting of course ones own physical and emotional breakdown. From his own personal observations, he has witnessed a deep local crisis. Shortage of housing, lack of quality health care, increasing of criminal/ activities, racial discrimination and cultural isolation are only some of the conflicts.
At what cost to Brandon’s future? A virus of apathy is at the doors of this city. Severe social problems such as homelessness, drugs, gangs, murders and prostitution, will become common place, symptomatic of a community growing too fast for local resources to get funding to service the needs of the many that fall by the roadside. Our City’s major export may be pork, and the legal trafficking of human slaves is its greatest import.
R. Vincent Harris Owner/Curator/Steward.
No comments:
Post a Comment