Rideout Karen, Riches Graham, Ostry Aleck, Buckingham Don, MacRae Rod
Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2357 main mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 124.
Public Health Nutr. 2007 Jun;10(6):566-73. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007246622. Epub 2007 Mar 7.
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.
我们从国际协定、可裁判性与判例法、公共安全网的瓦解、应对粮食不安全问题的慈善方式的制度化以及“联合”的粮食与营养政策的必要性等方面，对加拿大处理国内粮食安全问题的方式进行了批判。我们审视了加拿大对食物权的承诺，以及加拿大的政策、判例法和社会趋势，以便评估加拿大在食物权方面的表现。我们发现，尽管加拿大在签署国际人权协定（包括与食物权相关的协定）方面一直处于领先地位，但国内行动却滞后了，粮食不安全状况也有所加剧。我们针对政策变革提出了建议，这些变革可以应对国家问责、社会安全网和弱势群体等复杂问题，还提出了联合政策框架，有助于在加拿大及其他发达国家实现充足食物权。
