Ms. Leslie E. Norton at the National Defence Committee

On September 20th, 2011. See this statement in context.

September 20th, 2011 / 9:50 a.m.

Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate, Multilateral and Global Programs Branch, Canadian International Development Agency

Leslie E. Norton

Thank you for the question.

There are some Canadian NGOs noting their interest in becoming involved. At this time, we are not funding any of the Canadian NGOs for the humanitarian response, and that's because the approach we take is we will fund organizations that are already well established during a conflict, as opposed to having them get established during a conflict situation. There's no time to lose. So at this point we do not fund any of the Canadian NGOs that are active there.

Would you like to comment for the wider CIDA component?

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