Foreign Affairs committee  On the financial crisis, we initially thought that Africa was going to be spared the impact of this. But what we are seeing in the past month is that it's starting to accelerate and deepen the impact on many African economies. We're in danger now of people sliding back into pover

Foreign Affairs committee  With respect to the African Union, going back to the regional program, we are, indeed, actively engaged in supporting the African Union in its very nascent attempts to become just that, an African union. They changed their name a few years ago to reflect their political desire to

Foreign Affairs committee  We did in fact double our aid to Africa as of this financial year. It was $2.1 billion. CIDA was responsible for $800 million of that. This was a commitment that was made by the government at a G8 summit, so we were very proud that we were actually able to fulfill that commitment

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Very quickly, in the opening remarks provided by Mr. Sunquist, you saw the response to the humanitarian crisis, the peace process, and the need for reconciliation running through it. Those were the three themes that CIDA tried to support, as part of our con

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your question. You mentioned that Minister Oda had chosen six African countries as countries where development aid will be concentrated, but as I mentioned, we will continue to be involved. We will continue to be involved in the development of all of Afr

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, sir. You mentioned the very important role that Canada played in the past, but I must confirm that Canada continues to participate in events in that part of the world. CIDA has a long and rich history in the Great Lakes region. This includes not only the fo