OTTAWA – Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth.
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OTTAWA – Some in Canada's aid sector say they're growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth.
OTTAWA – Some in Canada’s aid sector say they’re growing more and more concerned by how closely the Carney government is tying foreign aid to its efforts to boost domestic economic growth.
Here’s a look at why Ottawa wants more domestic spinoffs from aid, whether that will work — and why the idea faces pushback.
Development assistance seeks to alleviate poverty and address the issues that drive conflict, disease and migration, according to Results Canada, a poverty research and advocacy organization.
“Canada must invest in international development because it fosters global stability, economic growth and humanitarian progress, which ultimately benefits everyone,” the group argues on its website.
“It is both the right and smart thing to do to support people in low- and middle-income countries to educate their children, feed their families and care for their sick.”
Since 2008, the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act has required the minister overseeing Ottawa’s foreign aid to prioritize poverty reduction, consult with communities receiving aid and respect human rights standards.
Some governments deliver foreign aid by providing recipient countries with goods or services produced by companies in the donor countries themselves — so-called “tied aid.”
