Canada’s foreign aid surpasses $10 billion

Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on behalf of Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced on March 17, 2017 that Canada will provide $119.25 million in humanitarian funding to respond to needs of crisis-affected people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. According to Hussen’s statement, Canada’s support includes: -- More...