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Best, worst of times of Canadian foreign aid

By Gerry Barr

Published December 16, 2009

1 Comment

The icon for Canada's foreign aid direction at the end of the first decade of the new millennium ought to be one of those crossroads signs festooned with multi-directional arrows to just about everywhere. Many of those arrows point in opposite directions, so predicting Canada's future path is a chancy thing.

The country has new legislation on foreign aid spending which puts the emphasis on human rights...

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12/16/09 at 03:12 pm

By Joe Gunn

Gerry Barr hits the nail on the head in this substantive piece. Would that Canada's international development programs a) followed the letter and spirt of the law, and b) were more responsive to the NGO sector which Canadians actually support with their own donations. Canadians do support poverty alleviation and human rights. Why doesn't CIDA? Why would they cut KAIROS, except for petty political posturing?