Dr. Stephanie Carvin at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 14th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2024 / 5:35 p.m.

Associate Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, As an Individual

I think it's significant.

I've spoken about our national security and defence because it's more my area of expertise, but I would agree with the general, with the one proviso that I do worry that we don't want to securitize development. We want to make sure that it is at arm's length and this isn't seen as a military tool or a national security tool. I think that's the one thing we do have to be careful of.

Yes, we often talk about the 2% budget, but we don't often talk about the foreign aid budget, which is, I don't even think—

See context to find out what was said next.