John Harvard on Foreign Aid

In the House of Commons on January 29th, 2003. See this statement in context.

Foreign AidOral Question Period

January 29th, 2003 / 2:40 p.m.

Liberal

John Harvard Liberal Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister for International Cooperation.

There are more than 11 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance today and another 3 million need to be closely monitored. No one wants a repeat of the 1984 tragedy when mass starvation caused widespread suffering and death in Ethiopia.

Could the minister inform the House how the Government of Canada through CIDA is responding to this emergency?

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