Foreign Affairs committee  I would add that the need is so widespread and immense. It's throughout the country, and in different parts of the country the flood is in different stages. As you know, Dadu is still under water. Nowshera and other areas to the north are not. The local government has even made i

Foreign Affairs committee  MP Gaheer, I would tell you that all of our aid is designed at the family unit, which is really designed to get families access to clean water or access to food hampers. That goes a long way in addressing gender-based violence because you're always ensuring that women and girls a

Foreign Affairs committee  I would say we have to make sure our values are actually being adhered to. If the way we program funding is not even equitable or ethical, how are we now going to turn around and talk about debt relief or other things if we're not even doing it properly as a government right now?

Foreign Affairs committee  Perhaps I can build on that. The crisis in Pakistan has really shown a great deal of resilience from the communities rallying together, and they are absolutely helping each other. You're seeing that some widespread strikes are going to happen this weekend, which will make it imp

Foreign Affairs committee  Listen, we are quick. We always have boots on the ground very quickly. We used to get funds from the government. We do not anymore. We don't even ask for government funds. I would ask you to go back and ask Ms. Carney if she ever considered the impact of her decision and how it w

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The crisis unfolding in Pakistan is a humanitarian catastrophe. GlobalMedic has teams on the ground installing water purification systems in villages, providing essential medicines to field hospitals to treat patients, distributing food rations, and providi

Foreign Affairs committee  I would love to give you an extra comment on that, Mr. Harris.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's great to build firehouses. It's great to build local capacity. We're all for that, but if people don't have water in the hose to put it out, that's a real concern. By allocating a certain percentage early on in a crisis and making sure people get the right aid, you can do bo

Foreign Affairs committee  The fact that we've worked in 76 countries and run 226 missions is proof enough. I'm not going to ask someone for money if I can't be within that triangle I talked about. If we're not deploying, we're not asking for money. Respectfully, Mr. Al-Rawni's point is well accepted that

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. Ms. Sahota, we work with hundreds of agencies all around the world. As the last point, I'm talking about allocating 1% very early on, for 72 hours, for very specific items that you cannot buy on the ground. This is not an either/or. This is a plus to help.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think if anybody in your committee does an analysis of articles from The Guardian or some of the foreign press that's been very critical of some of our allies and the way they've been spending money through the UN, particularly in Syria.... Here's what happens, in our case. M

Foreign Affairs committee  The short answer is no, we haven't received any money. The other answer will be, when will the money roll out? When will it be made available for agencies to apply to? I can tell you that, in keeping with the past and what's been happening, this money will just flow to the big

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, there are mechanisms in the sense that you could submit, but the problem with the mechanism is that, if I said to the government that I have a way of getting meals into Syria for 33¢ a portion, which is about a third of what the UN can do for its 67¢ U.S. a portion, the gov

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, I would like to say that we are often in Quebec and we have volunteers out helping us pack aid, so I'd encourage you to come. We've worked with L'Oeuvre Léger, who have since changed their name. The next time we're in Quebec, I'll reach out. Please come out and help

Foreign Affairs committee  First, I assume you're talking about Azerbaijan. I didn't quite hear the translation, but I'm sure it's that. I don't think we should be using drones in conflict zones, because it muddies the waters, especially in that conflict, where drones were too often used to launch weaponry