Olivier Schutter: Grand Chief Derek Nepinak

Federal Government Dept: OTTAWA The federal government is being willfully blind to poverty and hunger in its own back yard, the head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said Wednesday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Olivier Schutter completed his 11-day official visit to Canada by delivering a preliminary report in Ottawa Wednesday morning. Canada is the first developed nation De Schutter has visited and grand Chief Derek Nepinak, left, said Ottawa needs to reconsider the entire Nutrition North program, with a view to what communities really need to be more affordable. Grand Chief Derek Nepinak was dismayed by comments made by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney about a report on access to food in Canada by the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food. Related Items Articles UN food envoy provokes Ottawa with findings on hunger and poor diet in Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.