Harper gang furious after UN scolding

The smug and well-fed twats on Parliament Hill are shaking their heads in contemptuous disbelief today.

None other than UN special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter has drawn attention to the fact that there are almost a million Canadians at risk of going hungry.

That’s no doubt led to a lot of tut-tutting as the Honourable Members tuck into subsidized meals at one of the House of Commons’ subsidized restaurants.

According to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, “the United Nations is wasting time and money and undermining its own reputation by sending someone to investigate one of the wealthiest countries in the world while people are starving in developing nations.”

I guess that’s the point, Mr. Kenney. It’s not that people haven’t tried before to draw your attention to the desperation faced by many Canadians who live in chronic poverty.

At least a million people in Canada live in conditions not much different than the folks starving in those “developing nations”, Mr. Kenney.

And they’re starving for the same reason; they can’t afford food.