Canada can do even more to boost aid to the world’s most needy

After a 15-year decline in the number of undernourished people from 2000 to 2015, there was a spike in 2016 to 815 million, largely because of conflict and climate-related shocks.

Canada has committed to spending at least $250-million per year for food assistance, as part of the portfolio controlled by International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NYAMBURA GITHAIGA

August 24, 2018

This year’s federal budget increased the baseline for humanitarian assistance to $738-million per year. This is very good news. The new base should improve predictability and timeliness in responding to humanitarian crises....

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