Thursday, May 17, 2012

...AMAZINGLY Canada gets blasted by UN envoy over the "poor"...!

























UN food envoy blasts inequality, poverty in Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1179208--jason-kenney-blasts-un-food-envoy

OTTAWA—Despite Canada’s riches, many Canadians are suffering from poverty, inequality and an inability to afford daily food needs, says a scathing United Nations report released Wednesday.

“What I’ve seen in Canada is a system that presents barriers for the poor to access nutritious diets and that tolerates increased inequalities between rich and poor, and aboriginal non-aboriginal peoples,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN right-to-food envoy.

“Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in 10 families with a child under 6 is unable to meet their daily food needs. These rates of food insecurity are unacceptable, and it is time for Canada to adopt a national right-to-food strategy,” said De Schutter.

"Last year, he said, close to 900,000 Canadians were turning to food banks each month."

"His report also described the situation in many of Canada’s aboriginal communities as desperate."

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UN envoy blasts Canada for ‘self-righteous’ attitude over hunger, poverty

Sarah Schmidt, Postmedia News  May 15, 2012 – 7:56 PM ET | Last Updated: May 15, 2012 8:26 PM ET
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/15/un-envoy-blasts-canada-for-self-righteous-attitude-over-hunger-poverty/

De Schutter is the first to admit that Canada’s record is wanton when it comes to responding to concerns flagged by UN human rights bodies. But he bristles at any suggestion that he has no business in Canada.

“It’s even more shocking to me to see that there are 900,000 households in Canada that are food insecure and up to 2.5 million people precisely because this is a wealthy country. It’s even less excusable,” said De Schutter.

“It’s not because the country is a wealthy country that there are no problems. In fact, the problems are very significant and, frankly, this sort of self-righteousness about the situation being good in Canada is not corresponding to what I saw on the ground, not at all.”

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...Canada is getting out of their hands, and they only have around 30million inhabitants...! Imagine USA...!

...a capitalist disgrace, that is slowly catching up on them...!
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