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Right to Food

Canada Must Respect the Right to Food

Megan Yarema | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Hunger in Canada, Human Rights, Social and Economic Rights, Olivier De Schutter, United Nations, Special Rapporteur, Canada Without Poverty, Amnesty International, Right to Food, Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada Impact News
Megan Yarema

From personal attacks to commendable recommendations -- this is the legacy of a UN final report on the right to food in Canada. Prepared Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, following his mission to Canada last May, the report illustrates that current programs and policies are not enough to fend-off food insecurity felt by millions and calls for greater federal action.

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The Real Story of Canada's Attitude Toward Food Security

Glen Pearson | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada
Read More: Julian Faction, Canada-Europe Free Trade, Hunger, Right to Food, Poverty, Food Banks, International Development, Olivier De Schutter, Food Security, Canada News
Glen Pearson

Since food is that important to the current federal government, I wonder what Mr. Fantino and his cabinet colleagues think about this week's release from the UN's rapporteur on Canada's declining food security. Actually, we already know the answer to that.

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Hunger is Not a Game, Canada

Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, MD | Posted 07.15.2012 | Canada
Read More: Hunger in Canada, Right to Food, Hunger, Poverty, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Child Hunger Canada, Food Insecurity, Public Health, Malnutrition, Food Bank, Child Hunger, Public Health Crisis, Food Secure Canada, Canadian Hunger, Food Security, Canada News
Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, MD

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food will present his preliminary findings on food security in Canada on May 16 in Ottawa. It's my hope that this will put child hunger squarely on the political agenda in Canada. We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but hunger is something that we increasingly see among the families that bring their children to the hospital for medical attention.

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