Budget misses the mark on international development

Poll results tell us there is widespread public support for foreign aid. But this budget doesn’t reflect that priority.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau talks about the 2019 budget at an Economic Club of Canada event at the Chateau Laurier on March 20, the day after he tabled it in the House. The budget offers very little in terms of foreign aid, despite Canadians’ concerns about the issue, argues Prateek Awasthi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PRATEEK AWASTHI

April 17, 2019

On March 19, Finance Minister Bill Morneau released his government’s fourth federal budget. In an election year, it sought to reach potential voters on what matters to them: millennials with support for home ownership, parent...

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