House Foreign Affairs Committee recommends government boost aid spending

The minister for international development called the recommended goal 'ambitious.'

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said she is pushing as hard as she can for a bigger development budget. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

November 4, 2016

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended that the federal government plan to boost foreign aid spending to meet an international target Canada has been persistently criticized for failing to meet. "The government of Canada should aspire to a plan ...

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