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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>FYI . . . two messages on the UN report on Right to Food in Canada – one from Linda Lalonde and one from Rob Reiner at Canada Without Poverty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Lynne Browne</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Executive Director, Alliance to End Homelessness </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>613-241-7913 ext. 205, <a href="mailto:lbrowne@ysb.on.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>lbrowne@ysb.on.ca</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Linda Lalonde [mailto:linda_lalonde_ottawa@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> May-17-12 8:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> Linda Lalonde<br><b>Subject:</b> Report of UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food n Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div id=yiv1508670595><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div id=yiv1508670595><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div id=yiv1508670595><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As many of you know, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has been visiting Canada since May 6th. He has been travelling through the country to investigate whether or not Canadians are able to avail themselves of their right to have food as guaranteed by both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. His inital report was released yesterday here n Ottawa and is at: <a href="http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/201205_canadaprelim_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/201205_canadaprelim_en.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The process from here is that he will write a complete report whch will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next March. Canada will then be called upon to respond to the rights violations that he will be setting out.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Below is Ted Schrecker's blog post from CHNET today. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As many of you know, I was at several of the meetings that Olivier De Schutter had while he was here as well as his press conference yesterday. I will be sending out a summary from them soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Linda.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:17.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.8pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'>Food security: Canada gets a warning </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'><a href="http://www.chnet-works.ca/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=30&Itemid=50" target="_blank">http://www.chnet-works.ca/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=30&Itemid=50</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'><a href="http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/special-rapporteur-" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>Olivier De Schutter</span></a>, the second United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, is one of the most thoughtful <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Themes.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>thematic mandate holders</span></a>, as they are called in UN-speak. (There are currently 36 such mandates.) His <a href="http://www.srfood.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>reports and commentaries</span></a> provide articulate critiques not only of the policies of specific national governments, but also of an <a href="http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20120306_nutrition_en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>international agri-food system that is conspicuously failing</span></a> to protect and fulfil the right of all to an adequate diet – one of the most basic social determinants of health.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>The preliminary report of <a href="http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/201205_canadaprelim_en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>Prof. De Schutter's mission to Canada</span></a>, which wound up on May 16, is sobering reading for a country that is often prone to self-congratulation on its human rights record. He points out that according to the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey, 7.7 percent of Canadian households reported moderate or severe food insecurity – this before the financial crisis of 2008 and subsequent recession – and "was disconcerted by the deep and severe food insecurity" faced by aboriginal people, the legacy in part of a "long history of political and economic marginalization."</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>His report directly links food insecurity and <a href="http://foodbankscanada.ca/getmedia/dc2aa860-4c33-4929-ac36-fb5d40f0b7e7/HungerCount-2011.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>increasing reliance on food banks</span></a> to low incomes and the high cost of housing – a link that has been referred to in earlier postings. "In the view of the Special Rapporteur, social assistance levels need to be increased immediately to correspond to the costs of basic necessities," and minimum wages should be set at a living wage level as required by the <a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</span></a>, to which Canada is a state party.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>Population health researchers have effectively documented the extent of food insecurity in Canada; the work of the University of Toronto's <a href="http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/faculty_template_new.asp?GetFile=vTarasuk" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>Valerie Tarasuk </span></a>is especially powerful in this respect, as are the reports of the <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-42223.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>Toronto Department of Public Health</span></a>. We have perhaps not taken advantage of opportunities to frame food security as a human rights issue, a matter of priorities. Maybe food security for all is just more important than freeway widenings or fighter aircraft ... or maybe we don't even need to make those choices. Prof. DeSchutter pointed out that: "The tax-to-GDP ratio of Canada ... is now in the lowest third of OECD countries. Consequently, Canada has the fiscal space to address the basic human needs of its most marginalized and disempowered." I've made a similar observation in a <a href="http://www.chnet-works.ca/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=25&Itemid=50&lang=en" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>previous posting</span></a>.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=yiv1508670595msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>Predictably, the official response was less than cordial. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1179208--jason-kenney-blasts-un-food-envoy?bn=1" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C8001E;text-decoration:none'>Cabinet minister Jason Kenney</span></a>, at roughly zero risk of food insecurity, referred to "lectures to wealthy and developed countries" as "a discredit to the United Nations." He might want to have a talk with Department of Justice lawyers about the nature of obligations under human rights treaties, but that's a topic for another day. Clearly, Prof. De Schutter's intervention gives a boost to those who would address the politics and priorities that deprive people in such a "wealthy and developed country" of food security.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rob Rainer [mailto:rob@cwp-csp.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> May-23-12 12:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rob Rainer<br><b>Subject:</b> Prime Minister: Who speaks for Canada on poverty in Canada?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><img border=0 width=416 height=96 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD38DE.54E52150" alt="Description: CWP horizontal colour WEB.bmp"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>To our national network we copy our letters to Prime Minister Harper and to Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Hon. Jason Kenney. Our questions to the Prime Minister and the Minister arise following comments by various Cabinet members in the wake of preliminary findings on food security in Canada, by Mr. Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>For more information on Mr. De Schutter’s mission and media coverage etc., see <a href="http://foodsecurecanada.org/">http://foodsecurecanada.org/</a>. For his preliminary report, click <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12159&LangID=E">here</a>. For basic information on the right to food, click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_food">here</a> and <a href="http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/right-to-food">here</a> (the latter being from Mr. De Schutter’s web site). And for key information on hunger in Canada, including a link to Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount 2011 report, click <a href="http://foodbankscanada.ca/Learn-About-Hunger/About-Hunger-in-Canada.aspx">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Rob Rainer</b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director / Directeur executif<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>CANADA WITHOUT POVERTY / CANADA SANS PAUVRETÉ<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Working in alliance with the CWP Advocacy Network / </span>Travaillant en alliance avec le Réseau de revendication CSP</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Honorary Directors / </b><b><span lang=FR-CA>Directeurs honoraires <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Right (Très) Hon. Joe Clark<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hon. 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For a donation of $99 or less, it is more efficient for us for the donation to be processed by CanadaHelps. For a donation of $100 or greater, we recommend making it by cheque to Canada Without Poverty. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is. By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime. Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Hon. Louise Arbour, Honorary Director and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2006<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Human rights only become meaningful when they gain political content...they are rights that require active participation from those who hold them.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lynn Hunt, human rights historian<o:p></o:p></b></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>