Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees: Bob Rae presses Canada’s efforts in precarious situation

The feds last week committed to $300-million in support, not following all of the special envoy’s advice, but Rae admits it’s a start.

Bob Rae, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy to Myanmar, holds a press conference in Ottawa on April 3 to release his final report on the humanitarian and security crisis in Myanmar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 30, 2018

OTTAWA—When Bob Rae speaks, people listen. Or so it seems. Last week’s announcement by the Trudeau government of $300-million in support over three years for the Rohingya of Myanmar does not satisfy the recommendations of the report by the prime minister's special envoy to Myanmar,

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