Foreign Affairs committee  Because of our relationship with the World Food Programme—and we have an extremely good relationship and work very closely with the World Food Programme—when we harvest, they are there within several days to take the produce into Juba, which, as you may know, is the capital city

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, it could give me a million dollars. That would be a nice gift.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we've had tremendous encouragement, not only from members of Parliament but also from government officials. We worked very closely with the Sudan task force prior to.... We have made applications to CIDA. We have not yet convinced them that our project is something that

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, on behalf of my organization, Canadian Economic Development Assistance to Southern Sudan, the acronym being CEDASS, I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to provide our perspective on private sect

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Foreign Affairs committee  I have a very quick comment, Mr. Chairman. I think the best way to encourage Canadian companies and other companies is to make them put up a plan that shows the benefits to the people of south Sudan or the people of Sudan, so that they are operating training systems. The Chines

Foreign Affairs committee  In a very broad brush, Mr. Khan, I would agree with you that divesting is not the right policy. I think we have to be careful and we have to encourage companies that have a moral standard. You're absolutely correct that when you go down to the base level, the people in south Suda

Foreign Affairs committee  South Sudan, like many African countries, has no social safety net. If you have a job and that job goes into jeopardy, even if it's a bad company divesting, it's problematic. However, I agree that what we should be doing is talking to people—and I will use Talisman because it h

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it's terrific to look at south Sudan or Sudan from 30,000 feet. I think when you get on the ground, what do I tell someone who says to me, “I want to do something better for my family. I want my family to have a better life than I had”? The best way to do that is to prov

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Martin. As you know, there have been some difficulties with the CPA over this winter, and they seem to have settled down. With all of the people I talk to, both in community groups in Sudan and the government of south Sudan, there are probably two messages that ar

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I should explain that I'm not with the Canadian divestment group. My organization is Canadian Economic Development Assistance for Southern Sudan. I want to thank the members of the committee for this invitation. I hope my experience and comments will be