Dave Epp at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 6th, 2024. See this statement in context.

May 6th, 2024 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON

I'll tell you why. In conversations with CSOs, I've been told it takes up to 19. The reason I raise this is that the Senate produced a report on diplomacy. Granted, it was more targeted at the foreign service, which isn't exactly this department, but the criticism I have heard of DFATD and the international development regime has been that through past cost-cutting exercises, the bottom has been trimmed but not so much the top.

I understand there are some efforts being made to address that. Can you speak to those?

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