Bringing home the right to food in Canada: challenges and possibilities for achieving food security

We offer a critique of Canada's approach to domestic food security with respect to international agreements, justiciability and case law, the breakdown of the public safety net, the institutionalisation of charitable approaches to food insecurity, and the need for ‘joined-up’ food and nutrition...

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Published in:Public health nutrition 2007-06, Vol.10 (6), p.566-573
Main Authors: Rideout, Karen, Riches, Graham, Ostry, Aleck, Buckingham, Don, MacRae, Rod
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreements
Altruism
Canada
Case law
Charter of Rights-Canada
Charters
Developed countries
Economic growth
Equal rights
food policy
Food safety
Food security
Food supply
Food Supply - standards
Freedoms
human nutrition
Human rights
Human Rights - standards
Humans
hunger
Infrastructure
International agreements
International Cooperation
International security
Joined-up food policy
Justiciability
Law
legal rights
literature reviews
Nutrition
Nutrition Policy
Policies
Politics
Public health
Public safety
Relief Work
Right to food
social benefit
Social conditions & trends
Social Responsibility
social welfare
Tribunals & commissions
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Summary:We offer a critique of Canada's approach to domestic food security with respect to international agreements, justiciability and case law, the breakdown of the public safety net, the institutionalisation of charitable approaches to food insecurity, and the need for ‘joined-up’ food and nutrition policies. We examined Canada's commitments to the right to food, as well as Canadian policies, case law and social trends, in order to assess Canada's performance with respect to the human right to food. We found that while Canada has been a leader in signing international human rights agreements, including those relating to the right to food, domestic action has lagged and food insecurity increased. We provide recommendations for policy changes that could deal with complex issues of state accountability, social safety nets and vulnerable populations, and joined-up policy frameworks that could help realise the right to adequate food in Canada and other developed nations.
ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980007246622