Canada needs to drop its “self-righteous” attitude about how great a country it is and start dealing with its widespread problem of food insecurity, the United Nations right-to-food envoy says.
“It’s even more shocking to me to see that there are 900,000 households in Canada that are food insecure and up to 2.5 million people precisely because this is a wealthy country. It’s even less excusable,” said De Schutter.
“It’s not because the country is a wealthy country that there are no problems. In fact, the problems are very significant and, frankly, this sort of self-righteousness about the situation being good in Canada is not corresponding to what I saw on the ground, not at all.”
UN food envoy decries ‘shocking’ conditions in Canada
The unwillingness of federal ministers to meet with the UN food envoy, combined with the fact that this is the first time ever that the UN has to look into food security in a developed country, is incredibly embarrassing for Canada.
Also, this is not a partisan position:
“It has been evolving; it’s not just the Conservative government. It’s been an attitude that started to emerge in Canada’s position internationally around 2000. Canada started to take positions at the UN, which were not favourable to treating economic and social right as rights that can be claimed and enforced.”
Given that the anti-choice movement is hugely predicated on rejecting women’s right to their own bodies and sexuality, it’s incredibly apt that Justine Davidson has chosen this way to protest the Genocide Awareness Project. The nude human body is not shameful- how UBC has chosen to handle this is.
wow I can’t tell if this is really bad satire or just incredibly offensive.
nationalpost:
Canada rejects new Kyoto commitment despite Chinese concessions
Canada will not renew its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol once it expires in 2012 despite China suggesting Monday it could considering joining a global climate pact after 2020.
Environment Minister has Peter Kent confirmed in Durban, South Africa, that Canada will not join the second commitment of Kyoto which runs from 2013 to 2017.
nationalpost:
On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, way back in 2003, the National Post put together a series of front pages, wondering what they would have looked if we’d been around in previous ages. They’d been long forgotten until a dusty poster turned up under a reporter’s desk and now revived here. (Pages by Rob Mckenzie and Kagan McLeod)
Previous: Medieval Post
Previous: Imperial Post
Previous: Prehistoric Post
These are great!
fuckyeahcanadianpride:
St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
Only Canadian province I have yet to visit. Newfoundland, I’m coming for you one day <3
nationalpost:
Jack Layton’s political drift
Is Jack Layton, our new leader of the Opposition, a socialist? And if so, what does that mean nowadays, and does it matter? For a country that tends to vote for the mushy and the middle-of-the-road, where the media think “ideological” is a pejorative term, these could be important questions. The answers depend on who you ask, who’s asking and when. Illustration by Kagan McLeod/National Post.
