Olivier De Schutter: De Schutter

The Canadian Press Dept: Canada can't credibly preach human rights on the international stage when too many of its own citizens are going hungry, the UN's right-to-food envoy, Olivier De Schutter, told The Canadian Press in an interview, according to Winnipeg Free Press. They include the cancellation of the long-form census in 2009, the ongoing Canada-EU free trade negotiations and the way Ottawa oversees the money it transfers to the provinces for social services and oTTAWA - The Harper government is once again engaged in a war of words with a United Nations agency. His comments come on the heels of a report De Schutter released Monday in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council that cited several Canadian government policies as impediments to fighting poverty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.