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UN envoy full of beans on food file

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John Ivison

National Post - ‎May 19, 2012‎

Columnist John Ivison says Canada's dietary intake is a bigger problem than malnutrition. Three out of four households in Newfoundland and Labrador eat fewer than five fruits and vegetables a day.

UN official sparks debate over Canadian food securityCBC.ca

Ottawa shrugs off UN warning on hunger and nutritionGlobe and Mail

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BBC News

UN envoy offers no food for thought

Toronto Sun - ‎May 18, 2012‎

Yet the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the right to food has the gall to come to a bread basket like Canada to slam us with a scathing report claiming 900000 homes here are somehow "food insecure." This represents just how far the UN has sunk ...

Iain Hunter column: He's right - we should be ashamedVictoria Times Colonist

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Kenney drops ball on food security

Toronto Star - ‎May 24, 2012‎

First, the rapporteur is from the UN human rights council, not a “food aid” program. The council's mandate includes all countries that have ratified human rights treaties, including economic and social rights (1976) and Canada is no exception.

Globe and Mail

UN report highlights Canadian, local food security issues

Nanaimo News Bulletin - ‎May 24, 2012‎

By Toby Gorman - Nanaimo News Bulletin And many of the topics Olivier De Schutter, the UN's special rapporteur for food, touched on during his 11-day visit to Canada, which included time spent in inner cities and on First Nation reserves, ...

Canada Without Poverty asks PM to clarify who is responsible for poverty fileNational Union of Public and General Employees

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Canada should live up to treaty obligations

Victoria Times Colonist - ‎May 25, 2012‎

Human rights such as the right to adequate food are universal in application, and progressive realization of the right is a responsibility of governments poor and rich, although as the UN rapporteur noted, it is even more shocking that there are so ...

All Canadians Have a Right to Food

Huffington Post Canada (blog) - ‎May 12, 2012‎

It's a big week for food security in Canada -- not only did Food Banks Canada launch their annual Hunger Awareness Week, but the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food arrived as well. Both events highlight the growing problem of hunger ...

Nunatsiaq News

Customers attempt boycott of North West Co. stores in Nunavut

Nunatsiaq News - ‎May 26, 2012‎

“With housing and stuff too ... I think it would be a great way to do [lower costs].” The North West Co. did not return calls to Nunatsiaq News for a comment before time of publication.

Hastings Urban Farm offers food security and connection to land

The Vancouver Observer - ‎May 21, 2012‎

... of food security, affordable housing on-site, and a market stall to buy food. The same week also saw poverty and food insecurity make headlines, with an unprecedented Canadian visit by the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food.

Sydney Morning Herald

LOWITJA O'DONOGHUE ORATION

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎May 29, 2012‎

[27] By referring to developments in international law since the Charter of the United Nations of 1945, Justice Stephen recognised the growing significance for international law of the global prohibition upon racial discrimination.

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The Arctic Institute

The Arctic This Week: News for May 13 - May 20, 2012

The Arctic Institute - ‎May 21, 2012‎

Access to food in Canada has been a point of serious contention this week. Issues like rising food prices, leading to boycotts in Nunavut (APTN), and increased difficulty accessing “country food” (NN) led Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on ...