The Liberals pledged in their Tuesday budget to increase humanitarian aid by $150-million in the current fiscal year and $200-million the following year
Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government’s return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year, while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid.
“We can talk about the details at another time, in terms of the number-crunching. What I can tell you because the budget was just introduced, is we’re very happy with the fact that our government is doubling down on international assistance,” Hussen said in a Wednesday interview. The new humanitarian funding comes at what Higgins calls an unprecedented state of need and complexity, with major wars in the Gaza Strip, Ukraine and Sudan, along with conflict and mass migration crises in Myanmar, Nigeria and Venezuela.
“Our government believes and knows the value of international aid, and the results that it delivers all around the world, and right here at home. So Canada is shaping a world that is more peaceful, more prosperous, and more resilient.” That means Ottawa can use its clout now to start pushing countries to boost their aid funding in 2025, and have the G7 pay more attention to crises beyond the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Higgins said.
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