Foreign aid must promote, not threaten, human right to water

Real change in Canada’s role in the world will require more than a shift in foreign aid spending and policy. Aid must be delinked from commercial interests.
Since the 1990s, Canada has supported the World Bank’s controversial privatization initiatives in the water sector, the authors write.
When Justin Trudeau came to power last fall, the mere fact that the Canadian prime minister called himself a feminist and acknowledged climate science was celebrated around the world. Among other promises, Trudeau

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