Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq: Amnesty International

Ed Broadbent Dept: Signatories include former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, former Progressive Conservative minister Flora Macdonald, as well as organizations such as Amnesty International. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq met with UN official Olivier de Schutter and called him ill-informed and 'a bit patronizing.' Twitter, according to CBC. In an open letter issued Wednesday, more than 150 organizations and individuals say Ottawa is undermining the authority of the United Nations by publicly attacking its envoys to Canada and a long list of human-rights groups, lawyers and activists wants the federal government to apologize for trashing the UN food envoy during his recent visit to Canada. Earlier this month, several cabinet ministers lashed out at the special rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter, after his trip across Canada led him to express "extremely severe" concerns about the ability of aboriginal people and families on social assistance to afford the food they need to stay healthy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.