Karen Selick on the 'right to food': Making slaves out of taxpayers

Published: May 22, 2008, 5:02 pm

In 1976, the Canadian government made a philosophical error that may soon come back to haunt us. It signed and ratified the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Under Article 11, Canada recognized the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. Canada further pledged to take appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this right. Yes, dear taxpayer, the late Pierre Trudeau committed you to ensuring that every single person on the planet has not only adequate material resources (whatever adequate means), but continuously improving resources. Following recent disasters in Burma and China, with food prices rising in many countries, Canadians may soon be called upon to pony up. On Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Council convened an emergency session to discuss implementing

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