BREAKFAST FOR LEARNING AGREES THAT CANADA HAS THE CAPACITY TO ERADICATE HUNGER

TORONTO, ON - May 16, 2012 - Breakfast for Learning, Canada’s leading national child nutrition charity commends the UN Special Rappateur Olivier De Schutter for confirming that Canada does indeed have the capacity to eradicate hunger and supports his position that Canada is in need of a national right to food strategy. At a press conference today in Ottawa Mr. De Schutter highlighted the importance of addressing barriers that keep Canadians from accessing nutritious food.   With poverty affecting some 3 million Canadians, of whom more than 600,000 are children and a staggering 1 in 4