Olivier De Schutter: Nutritious Diets

Canada Dept: 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, Olivier De Schutter, the UN right-to-food envoy, said, according to The Star. His report was based on an 11-day mission to Canada, his first investigation of what he called a rich, developed country and oTTAWA Despite Canada s riches, many Canadians are suffering from poverty, inequality and the inability to afford daily food needs, says a scathing United Nations report released Wednesday. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.