Ottawa: National Food

Ottawa Dept: The report calls on Ottawa to create a national food strategy to fight hunger among a growing number of vulnerable groups, including aboriginals and people struggling to make ends meet on social assistance. It says the strategy should spell out the levels of responsibility between federal, provincial and municipal governments, according to Globe and Mail. These include the controversial decision to cancel the long-form census in 2009, the ongoing Canada-EU free trade negotiations, the scrapping of the Canadian Wheat Board, and how Ottawa oversees the money it transfers to the provinces for social services and video: Lots of smoke but little fire in Canada-EU trade talks Throughout the 21-page report, Mr. De Schutter also takes direct aim at some of the core items of the government agenda, saying they undermine access to food. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.