Canada not ready to walk the talk with development financing without increase to foreign aid

We should learn from our British cousins, who are increasing investments on both sides to help the world’s most vulnerable regions.

Canada’s Development Finance Institution was first announced in Budget 2017, and in May, Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured during an Ottawa press conference in October, said it would be headquartered in Montreal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PRATEEK AWASTHI

November 29, 2017

Canada’s new development finance institution will be operational as of January 2018, and, if set up effectively, can help bring economic growth and stability to some of the world’s most volatile regions, promote sustainable development, and create new business opportunities for the private secto...

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