Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seen here with Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2020, announced plans last year to gradually increase international funding for women and girls’ health and rights to $1.4-billion annually by 2023.International development experts say the federal government must boost its foreign-aid spending toward the UN target if it wants its feminist agenda to have a meaningful and sustained impact.
However, the annual budget increases have not resulted in a significant boost in development spending as a percentage of Canada’s gross national income . Canada reached 0.28 per cent in 2018, up from 0.26 in the two previous years, according to the most recent statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. But the government doesn’t appear to have a plan to reach the UN target of 0.7 per cent.
The sector is in the midst of coming up with a funding target, as the government prepares to table the federal budget this spring. Diana Sarosi, Oxfam’s acting director of policy and campaigns, said the proposal will likely involve a multiyear plan to at least double foreign aid as a percentage of GNI.
Heather McPherson, the party’s international development critic and former executive director of the Alberta Council for Global Co-operation, participated in the consultation process for Ottawa’s feminist international assistance policy before she was elected last year. She applauded the government for developing a “remarkable” policy but said it has turned into “typical Liberal words and no action.”“It’s an awful lot of Peter and Paul.
“I think there are bigger priorities for them – for example pharmacare, climate change – that I don’t know if they will necessarily use the ODA bucket as a stick in their negotiations,” Ms. Sarosi said.
Why does it have to be Canada...can someone ask the expert please and thank you
Why you don't have work in your backyard. Allowing black money to be invested in real estate. How can young generation get out of real estate. All mulroneys and your faults.
'Feminist Agenda?' Stereotype much? I don't think 'womens issues' are a 'feminist agenda' It's a human agenda - who are you people? racism sexism stereotypes
Trudeau gets economics better than we think! Books balance themselves. 🤔 Giving $10 to terrorist Omar Khadr.$10 Mil to Ethiopia womans rights. Bribe for UN seat. Trudeau understands money comes for free (taxes) & grows on trees. After all, it's only your money he's spending.
Is there a masculinist agenda? Do we fund it and try to improve the lives of men and boys? Or is that sexist?
Spineless. Trying to turn the page
Ur fake excuse to feed ur dictators friends of the world so u can buy their support when u known they gonna continue to oppress everything Canada stand for.
This ‘government’ is disgusting....🇨🇦 TrudeauIsNotFitForOffice TrudeauMustGo
Corruption must end
Is this guy out off he’s fucking mind . STOP SENDING OUR HARD ERANED MONEY TO OTHER COUNTRIES !!!
Just ignore the obvious, country is on verge of civil war.
Well, duck the experts!
Coming out of your trust account or are you broke after the 2.2 million you paid the young lady.
Kill our economy. Give away our money and ensure every kid has free birth control.
Everybody’s agenda needs more financial aid for greater impact
Can't supply our army with sleeping bags, but oh yes, we can help foreign women with feminism! Wow, just wow.
lmao, this tweet is going to trigger some right-wingers
If the billions going to corrupt foreign aid were redirected to Canadians in need, what a huge amount of good could be done for veterans, seniors, First Nations drinking water, the homeless and others
Are you too high up there? Come to the ghetto and take a look! We got ppl WITH-IN Canada that needs help!
Bullshit! There is excessive foreign aid as it is. 'Experts'--more like 'shmucksperts'
And where is the money going to come from? Canada isn’t functioning right now.
Justin Trudeau's dreamy happy place... maybe he can get Saudi Arabia and Iran to sign up. I'm sure that 'patience and dialogue' will be effective with them much as it is effective in getting through to the Blockinistas now trying to take Canada down
They've never ever defined what they mean by a 'feminist' anything, never mind any 'sustained impact'. Women in 3rd world, esp. Islamic ones are treated like chattels. Throwing money at it isn't going to change a thing. The $$ is going into untraceable pockets.
I think we need to debate the credentials of ‘Expert’!
Experts say!!!! Who hell are these experts? Liberal elites experts who never care about Canadians but push so called ultra progressive liberal agendas! We have 50 bn deficits under jihadist lover JustinTrudeau and growing everyday
Is this some kind of bad joke?
is this the guy who is doing this?
Fucking gong show.
perfect, a killer nation
Is our PM running a charity dipping into Canadian Pockets?
You know your country is no longer control by democracy but from foreign powers, this is no longer Canada 🤦♂️ I am still waiting for AndrewScheer to pull his pants UP and bring us back in election ASAP cdnpoli
Foreign aid is taking money from poor people in rich countries and giving to it to rich people in poor countries. 😒
How about boosting support for equality within our own nation? 'Experts' is often a synonym for the clueless supporting what the clueless want. Never more so than right now, Ignoring inequity at home and lets not forget how our PM treated one female for doing her job...
Money from Canadian taxpayers to Canadians first PierrePoilievre AlainRayes
It’s up to canadian tax payers to save the entire world? We have 709 billion federal defecit, 48% of us are $200 away from bankruptcy and the second worse performing stock market in the world.
Tampons or trains - seriously what is more important?
Experts? Lmfao OK
Yes, broke Canadians must give more
by doing so，the international development will get more funding from our gov. Nice try.
So we have the train situation, the west almost at a revolt stage AND the corona virus and this is what JT is doing 😳 I use to think that the economy was the most important thing in an election. Now I have only the 'crisis' criteria. How will he/she react.
We have no fucking money
Whoever is the writer if this article needs his / her head checked
OMG. Liberals are lost
No! We're taxed to death. We can't fix our own problems.
JFC!
Canada got enough body bags for the outbreak of coronavirus ?
OK Globe.
Huh?
FFS
how about we look after canada first !!!
HELLO!
And where do we get the cash for that, Trudeau has destroyed our economy!
Foreign aid, have you taken a look at what the Canadian military looks like. Can Canada protect itself? What about protecting Canadians from the Coronavirus?
Yep that makes sense. Nothing important in Canada going on.
Umm no....
Oh my God! Make it stop!
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