The letter is the latest lobbying push by aid groups worried the Liberals will use spending benchmarks set before the pandemic
Elise Legault, Canada’s director for the ONE campaign, a global initiative to end poverty, said it has never been more important for the federal government to increase funding for international assistance.
“Canada showed up for Ukraine and the world noticed, but we also have to keep our word to other countries where crises they didn’t cause are piling up, like the pandemic, rising food prices and climate change,” she said in a statement. “We have to act now to help prevent further suffering and instability.”
Earlier this month, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan told groups at a reception marking International Development Week that aid groups needed to drum up public support by doing a better job publicizing their progress. “We need to be louder when things are going well, and saying, ‘This is conflict prevention. This is success.’ And we should be celebrating that even more,” he said. “Policies are one thing. Money is one thing. But action can only happen through you.”
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