Mark Eyking at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 14th, 2012. See this statement in context.

March 14th, 2012 / 4:10 p.m.

Liberal

Mark Eyking Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you for coming here, witnesses.

I have three questions. I think the first one would go to Mr. Patterson or Ms. Olafsen.

You stated, I think, that when microfinancing took off, Canada was there at the front end helping. It must have been through CIDA. How does CIDA stack up right now, compared to British or Scandinavian countries? Is it involved with dollars? Is it involved in infrastructure? How does their current ideology compare to what it was earlier in how they want their money spent? What's the short version on how CIDA has changed? Are there expectations there from you guys?

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