I think by not having a direct reference in this piece of legislation to the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, Parliament may be creating, if not months of work for future generations of lawyers, then certainly hours and hours of work for future generations of federal public servants, as they try to figure out which part of their daily life is regulated by which piece of legislation. I find the lack of a link between the two curious at best.
Would merely linking the two answer my concerns about humanitarian assistance? No, because the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act is silent on those issues. My personal preference would be a requirement that Canadian humanitarian assistance be delivered in a manner consistent with international humanitarian principles, and that those principles be a well-understood part of international common law.