Foreign Affairs committee  From a development standpoint, It is possible to take a regional approach. Nevertheless, it is often very difficult for a country to help another improve its governance, in particular when these countries are not really friends. However, some innovative approaches have come fro

Foreign Affairs committee  We have certain mechanisms that we can use in some cases. For example, our key partner countries can set up long-term programs supported by guaranteed funding. We use a host of instruments and partnership programs and, if necessary, we can also provide emergency humanitarian assi

Foreign Affairs committee  It's not the $15 million, Mr. Chair. I would like to respond to that in writing, because I don't have that information with me, although I do have a technical.... May we please come back to you with that information? I know Mr. Wrzesnewskyj was asking for it, and I meant to say

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Very quickly, indeed we are not present on the ground. Somalia is not a country in which we've ever had any significant presence. I can tell you that in addition to the organizations I've already mentioned on the Canadian partnership programming, we have wo

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. Barbot. You describe situations which are both very complex and very real. It is difficult for organizations such as CIDA to respond to each and every crisis. If you look at our program as a whole, you will see that we are present in Haiti

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for the invitation to appear before the standing committee to discuss the work that CIDA does in the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia. As my colleague David Angell has described, the Horn of Africa is an intertwined and complex regi