What do humanitarians see when we look back over 2023?

We’ve seen some gains to improve the humanitarian system so that in the future, fewer people will need our help, but we feel the Canadian government can and should do more.

There was significant progress toward improving the humanitarian system in 2023 when Canada passed Bill C-41, enabling us to send aid to Afghanistan for the first time in almost three years, writes Paul Hagerman. UN photograph by Eric Kanalstein

Opinion

BY PAUL HAGERMAN

December 28, 2023

This has been a very difficult year for humanitarians, including United Nations agencies like World Food Programme, governments like Canada’s that support humanitarian aid, and charities like Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

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