Canada Balancing Budget on Backs of World’s Poorest

This piece originally appeared as a guest post on the McLeod Group’s blog: http://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2015/04/21/canada-balancing-budget-on-backs-of-worlds-poorest/ The latest foreign aid numbers were released on April 8. Globally, aid remains at near record high levels (US$135 billion). This is good news for the global fight against poverty. The numbers tell a rather depressing story, however, if you are Canadian. In … Read more

Canada’s Aid Budget: Doing less with less

“Protect the aid budget!”  This is the call to action in the recent  online petition and campaign from a group of concerned organizations including some of Canada’s most vibrant development, anti-poverty, and youth engagement groups.  By February 6th  –with less than a week to go until the federal government tables the 2014 budget – more than 20,000 … Read more