Prof. Lauchlan Munro at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 17th, 2016 / 5:50 p.m.

Director, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Yes, it was 2001 or 2002. It didn't have Iraq or Afghanistan on it.

Then reality kicked in. There were a couple of major wars in those countries, and Canadian aid ramped up. Then, glory be to God, the next iteration of the list included those countries because the aid had happened already. Reality kicked in.

There are other considerations that one has to suspect. Again, there was Ukraine. One has to wonder whether Canadian electoral politics didn't play into that.

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