Peter Fragiskatos at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 16th, 2017. See this statement in context.

May 16th, 2017 / 9 a.m.

Liberal

Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON

Internationally speaking, the experience with DFIs is not new. Britain's experience goes back to 1948. In the United States it goes back to Nixon in 1971.

Could you talk about the success of these initiatives or lack thereof. How effective a policy tool have they been for either Britain or the U.S.? I think you mentioned Sweden and the Netherlands, if I'm not mistaken, or any other examples you would like to cite.

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